The effect of 'risk-thinking' on the contemporary construction of teenage motherhood

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-322

  Macvarish, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parenting; Public health; Risk; Risk perception; Teenage motherhood; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MORALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 77954249149     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003789724     Document Type: Article

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