Young women's experience of termination and miscarriage: A qualitative study

Human Fertility

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Brady, Geraldine ^a   Brown, Geraldine ^a   Letherby, Gayle ^b   Bayley, Julie ^a   Wallace, Louise ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Miscarriage; Power; Teenage pregnancy; Termination; Young motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54549123727     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270802121367     Document Type: Article

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