Interpreting compliance and resistance to medical dominance in women's accounts of their pregnancies

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 62-77

  Westfall, Rachel ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Maternity care; Medical dominance; Medicalisation; Midwifery; Narrative; Pregnancy; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749132804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1714     Document Type: Article

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