Life as mothers in a new land: The experience of motherhood among thai women in Australia

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 650-668

  Liamputtong, Prance ^a   Naksook, Charin ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POLITICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; THAILAND;

EID: 0242456199     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390217725     Document Type: Article

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