Gender and embodiment in nursing: The role of the female chaperone in the infertility clinic

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-183

  Allan, Helen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Embodiment; Ethnography; Fertility

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23944523374     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2005.00275.x     Document Type: Review

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