Dignity and dirty work: Nurses' experiences in managing genetic termination for fetal anomaly

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-116

  Chiappetta Swanson, Catherine ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dirty work; Nursing; Prenatal technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244382030     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-005-2632-0     Document Type: Article

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