Understanding gendered influences on women's reproductive health in Pakistan: Moving beyond the autonomy paradigm

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1349-1356

  Mumtaz, Zubia ^a   Salway, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal care use; Contraceptive use; Gender; Pakistan; Reproductive health; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 62249192037     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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