Framing the fetus in medical work: Rituals and practices

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2085-2095

  Williams, Clare ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal pain; Fetal patient; Fetus; Prenatal screening; UK

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; FEMINISM; MEDICINE;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PUBLISHING; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL MEDICINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 14644418429     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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