Challenging medicine: Law, resistance, and the cultural politics of childbirth

Law and Society Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-170

  Beckett, Katherine ^a   Hoffman, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15944365542     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-9216.2005.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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