"Making it all normal": The role of the internet in problematic pregnancy

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1476-1484

  Lowe, Pam ^a   Powell, John ^b   Griffiths, Frances ^b   Thorogood, Margaret ^b   Locock, Louise ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High risk; Internet; Interviews; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NARRATIVE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STORYTELLING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; WOMEN;

EID: 70350005215     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309348368     Document Type: Article

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