Expectant Israeli fathers and the medicalized pregnancy: Ambivalent compliance and critical pragmatism

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 358-385

  Ivry, Tsipy ^a   Teman, Elly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedicine; Israel; Medicalization; Men; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS;

DRUG THERAPY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 48349148054     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-008-9099-x     Document Type: Article

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