The meaning of postponed motherhood for women in the United States and Sweden: Aspects of feminism and radical timing strategies

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-299

  Welles Nyström, Barbara ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031134526     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339709516281     Document Type: Article

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