Pregnancy decision-making among HIV positive women in Northern Vietnam: Reconsidering reproductive choice

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-326

  Chi, Bỳi Kim ^a   Rasch, Vibeke ^b   ThiThyúHanh, Nguyn ^c   Gammeltoft, Tine ^d  

^a General Office for Population and Family Planning   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HIV; PMTCT; Pregnancy; Reproductive choice; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ABORTION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIET NAM; DECISION MAKING; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; VIROLOGY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84855997396     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2011.615909     Document Type: Article

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