The personal work of a first pregnancy: Transforming identities, relationships, and women's work

Women and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 41-64

  Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K ^a   DeJoseph, Jeanne F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 35948999695     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v45n04_03     Document Type: Article

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