"God had something else in mind": Family, religion, and infertility

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-237

  Jennings, Patricia K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Infertility; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952382086     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: 15525414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241609342432     Document Type: Article

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