Golden Ageg versus Bad Old Daysg: A discursive examination of advice giving in antenatal classes

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1214-1224

  Locke, Abigail ^a   Horton Salway, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advice giving; Childbirth; Discourse analysis; Discursive psychology; Medicalization; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RECORDING;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 78649263755     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105310364439     Document Type: Article

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