Termination of pregnancy: Attitudes and behavior of women in a traditional society

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 869-875

  Shoham Vardi, I ^a   Weiner, N ^a   Weitzman, D ^a   Levcovich, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Attitudes; Bedouins; Prenatal diagnosis; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 12;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TRISOMY;

EID: 9644264072     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.867     Document Type: Article

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