An illusion of power: Qualitative perspectives on abortion decision-making among teenage women in Sweden

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-180

  Ekstrand, Maria ^a   Tydén, Tanja ^a   Darj, Elisabeth ^b   Larsson, Margareta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949142555     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4117309     Document Type: Article

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