The struggle for abortion law reform in Thailand

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 45-53

  Whittaker, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abortion law and policy; Buddhism; Clandestine and unsafe abortion; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ATTITUDE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

EID: 0036589379     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(02)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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