At the back stage of prenatal care: Japanese ob-gyns negotiating prenatal diagnosis

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-468

  Ivry, Tsipy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disability; Japanese society; Ob gyns; Prenatal diagnosis; Reproductive politics

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33751214561     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.4.441     Document Type: Article

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