Journeys of choice? Abortion, travel, and women's autonomy

Critical Interventions in the Ethics of Healthcare: Challenging the Principle of Autonomy in Bioethics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-179

  Sethna, Christabelle ^a   Doull, Marion ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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