Conceiving risk and responsibility: A qualitative examination of men's experiences of unintended pregnancy and abortion

International Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-152

  Reich, Jennifer A ^a   Brindis, Claire D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraceptive responsibility; Cross gender interviews; Men; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

EID: 34047152261     PISSN: 15326306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3149/jmh.0502.133     Document Type: Article

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