Abortion in late imperial China: Routine birth control or crisis intervention?

Late Imperial China

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-165

  Sommer, Matthew H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT;

CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INDUCED ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78651354114     PISSN: 08843236     EISSN: 10863257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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