The ultrasonic picture show and the politics of threatened life

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-211

  Ivry, Tsipy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israeli society; Ob gyns; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDAISM; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 69949099929     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2009.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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