Kathy Pan, sticks and pummelling: Techniques used to induce abortion by Burmese women on the Thai border

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1512-1523

  Belton, Suzanne ^a   Whittaker, Andrea ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burma; Forced migration; Myanmar; Refugee; Reproduction; Thailand; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; KATHY PAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; FORCED MIGRATION; HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; COERCION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; MOTIVATION; MYANMAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAK; THAILAND;

EID: 34548150743     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.046     Document Type: Article

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