Embodied responsibilities: Pregnancy in the eyes of Japanese ob-gyns

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-274

  Tsipy, Ivry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthropology of reproduction; Japanese Society; Maternal responsibilities; Ob gyns; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; OBSTETRICS; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; OBSTETRICS; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947606275     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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