Abortion in Turkey: A matter of state, family or individual decision

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 531-542

  Gürsoy, Akile ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abortion; Decision maker(s); Islamic and secular attitudes; Legalization; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ABORTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; ISLAMIC CULTURE; LEGISLATION;

TURKEY;

EID: 0029668683     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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