Maternal assignment of fetal personhood to a previous pregnancy loss: Relationship to anxiety in the current pregnancy

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 649-665

  Côté Arsenault, Denise ^a   Dombeck, Mary T B ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; PERSONHOOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0035480777     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330127171     Document Type: Article

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