What we tell our daughters and ourselves about hysterectomy

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1303-1337

  Davis, Amira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Autoethnography; Birth control; Hysterectomy; Reproductive rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349844064     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800408329237     Document Type: Article

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