Experience of miscarriage in the UK: Qualitative findings from the National Women's Health Study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1934-1946

  Simmons, Rebecca K ^a   Singh, Gita ^b   Maconochie, Noreen ^a   Doyle, Pat ^a   Green, Judith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medicalisation; Miscarriage; National Women's Health Study; UK; Women's narratives

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY PLANNING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746846217     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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