Navigating HIV, pregnancy, and childbearing in South India: Pragmatics and constraints in women's decision making

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-52

  Van Hollen, Cecilia ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; Pragmatics; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33847606996     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740601021186     Document Type: Article

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