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"The Most Important Test You'll Ever Take"?: attitudes toward confidential carrier matching and open individual testing among modern-religious Jews in Israel.
Social science & medicine (1982) - 1 Dec 2011
Frumkin Ayala, Raz Aviad E, Plesser-Duvdevani Morasha, Lieberman Sari
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This article reports on attitudes of modern-religious Ashkenazi Jewish adults in Israel toward anonymous carrier matching for severe monogenic diseases by Dor Yesharim (the ultra-orthodox organization) and open individual carrier testing (through a medical center), examining how this important choice is being informed, communicated, made, and reflected on. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews...
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