Conceiving time? Women who do or do not conceive

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-250

  Earle, Sarah ^a   Letherby, Gayle ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conception; Control of the body; Medicalisation; Time; Women's reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOLOGY; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33947578899     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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