When the baby falls!: The cultural construction of miscarriage among hmong women in Australia

Women and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-103

  Rice, Pranee Liamputtong ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnomedical knowledge and practice; Hmong women; Immigrant women; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIETY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0033634657     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v30n01_06     Document Type: Article

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