Beyond (financial) accessibility: inequalities within the medicalisation of infertility

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-646

  Bell, Ann V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequalities; Infertility; Medicalisation; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; PATIENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954197492     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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