'When you have children, you're obliged to live' 1: Motherhood, chronic illness and biographical disruption

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 610-626

  Wilson, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biographical disruption; HIV infection; Identity; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 34247555371     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01008.x     Document Type: Review

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