Our first “IVF baby”: Israel and Canada's press coverage of procreative technology

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1-38

  Birenbaum Carmeli, Daphna ^a   Carmeli, Yoram S ^a   Cohen, Rina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health care; Israel; Media; New technology; Press

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089895     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330010788972     Document Type: Review

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