Policies to assist pregnant women and children should include a complete assessment of the realities of women's lives

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-76

  Woliver, Laura R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FATHER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FREEDOM; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COERCION; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FATHERS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREJUDICE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN;

EID: 0030089028     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0730938400019705     Document Type: Article

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