Abortion discourse in Bolivian hospital contexts: Doctors' repertoire conflicts and the Saving Women device

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 188-214

  Rance, Susanna ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bolivia; Discourse analysis; Hospital doctors; Interpretative repertoires; Manual Vacuum Aspiration; Postabortion care; Reconciliation devices

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 17844381011     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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