Surveillance of risks in everyday life: The agency of pregnant women and its limitations

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-436

  Burton Jeangros, Claudine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

agency; healthism; pregnancy; risks in daily life

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055089831     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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