Irreconcilable differences: Health professionals' constructions of adolescence and motherhood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-124

  Breheny, Mary ^a   Stephens, Christine ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent mothers; Discourse analysis; Health professionals; Motherhood; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH WORKER; MATERNAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33750975923     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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