Abortion Stigma: A Reconceptualization of Constituents, Causes, and Consequences

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages S49-S54

  Norris, Alison ^a   Bessett, Danielle ^b   Steinberg, Julia R ^c   Kavanaugh, Megan L ^d   De Zordo, Silvia ^e   Becker, Davida ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADVOCACY GROUP; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ABORTION; DOMESTIC PARTNER; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; ILLEGAL ABORTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ABORTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PERSONHOOD; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; FEMALE; INDUCED ABORTION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79955708965     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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