Clear and pregnant danger: The making of prenatal psychology in mid-twentieth-century America

Journal of Women's History

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 112-135

  Eisenberg, Ziv ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78049379405     PISSN: 10427961     EISSN: 15272036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jowh.2010.0582     Document Type: Review

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