Understanding feticide: An analytic review

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-300

  Graham, Ruth H ^a   Robson, Stephen C ^a   Rankin, Judith M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; Fetal anomaly; Feticide; Professional discretion; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FETICIDE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVE BIRTH; POLITICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ABORTION, LEGAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SEMANTICS;

EID: 36849050163     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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