Attitudes towards the legal context of unsafe abortion in Timor-Leste

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 55-64

  Belton, Suzanne ^a   Whittaker, Andrea ^b   Fonseca, Zulmira ^c   Wells Brown, Tanya ^d   Pais, Patricia ^e  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Alola Foundation   (Timor-Leste)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e Independent lawyer and international legal adviser for development   (Portugal)

Author keywords

criminalisation; law and policy; maternal mortality; Timor Leste; unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INFANTICIDE; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; PHYSICIAN; POLICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIMOR-LESTE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION, CRIMINAL; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATHOLICISM; EAST TIMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 71049147197     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34470-5     Document Type: Article

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