'It was a real good show': The ultrasound scan, fathers and the power of visual knowledge

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 771-795

  Draper, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Fatherhood; Transition; Ultrasound scan; Visuality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; SCIENCE; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRASOUND; VISION;

EID: 0036878921     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00318     Document Type: Article

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