Fit to Reproduce? The Regulative Role of Pregnancy Texts

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-366

  Marshall, Harriette ^a   Woollett, Anne ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Medicalization; Pregnancy; Reproductive choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034415719     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353500010003005     Document Type: Article

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