Genetic testing and screening in religious groups: Perspectives of Jewish Haredi communities

Kin, Gene, Community Reproductive Technologies among Jewish Israelis

Volumn 19, Issue , 2009, Pages 153-173

  Prainsack, Barbara ^a   Sigal, Gil ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c Kiryat Ono College   (Israel)

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