Television news coverage of postpartum disorders and the politics of medicalization

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-303

  Dubriwny, Tasha N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

medicalization; motherhood; news routines; postpartum depression; television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955360663     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2010.493647     Document Type: Review

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