Foetal personhood and representations of the absent child in pregnancy loss memorialization

Feminist Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-171

  Keane, Helen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Foetal personhood; Memorialization; Pregnancy loss; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249088496     PISSN: 14647001     EISSN: 17412773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464700109104922     Document Type: Article

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