Access to reproductive technologies by single women and lesbians: Social representations and public debate

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 241-256

  Correia, Helen ^a   Broderick, Pia ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Reproductive technology; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149192061     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.995     Document Type: Article

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