Nursing, social contexts, and ideologies in the early United States birth control movement

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-258

  Lagerwey, Mary D ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth control; Contraception; Nursing history; Sanger

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0033249873     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1800.1999.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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