Abortion: The antithesis of womanhood?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 776-785

  Timpson, Joanne ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ABORTION ACT 1967 (GREAT BRITAIN); ABORTION LAW; ABORTION, INDUCED--LEGAL ASPECTS; ABORTION, INDUCED--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS; BIOETHICS; CRITIQUE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTEREST GROUPS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICAL FACTORS; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRO-CHOICE GROUPS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH--WOMEN; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION ACT 1967 (GREAT BRITAIN); ABORTION LAW; ABORTION, INDUCED--LEGAL ASPECTS; ABORTION, INDUCED--RELIGIOUS ASPECTS; ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS; CRITIQUE; ETHICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMINISM; FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCONCEPTION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH; INTEREST GROUPS; LEGISLATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL FACTORS; PRO-CHOICE GROUPS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH--WOMEN;

ABORTION, LEGAL; BIOETHICS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; SOCIAL VALUES; VALUE OF LIFE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0030114630     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00051.x     Document Type: Article

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