Attitudes and policies regarding access to fertility care and assisted reproductive technologies in Israel

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 854-861

  Sperling, Daniel ^a   Simon, Yael ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technologies; Equality; Israel; Reproductive health and policy; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISRAEL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; ISRAEL; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 78649672249     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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