Marginal matters: Pregnancy loss as a social event

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1773-1779

  van der Sijpt, Erica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Decision making; Interdisciplinarity; Pregnancy loss; Reproductive health; Social bodies; Vital conjunctures

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH POLICY; PARADIGM SHIFT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; CAMEROON; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAMEROON; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CAMEROON;

EID: 78049280922     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.055     Document Type: Article

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