Medicalization, reproductive agency, and the desire for surgical sterilization among low-income women in urban Brazil

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-263

  De Bessa, Gina Hunter ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Brazil; Female surgical sterilization; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL MOBILITY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747126426     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740600840263     Document Type: Review

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