Timing is everything: The demarcation of 'later' abortions in Scotland

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-74

  Beynon Jones, Siân M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abortion; clinical decision making; feminist STS; pregnancy; temporality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABORTION, LEGAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855979778     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312711426596     Document Type: Article

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