Beyond control: Body and self in women's childbearing narratives

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 993-1009

  Carter, Shannon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Childbirth; Control; Pregnancy; Self

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149233736     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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