What do women want? Experiences and reflections of women after prenatal diagnosis and termination for anomaly

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 507-535

  McCoyd, Judith L M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249127137     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330902801278     Document Type: Article

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