'Everybody is moving on': Infertility, relationality and the aesthetics of family among British-Pakistani Muslims

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1045-1052

  Hampshire, Katherine R ^a   Blell, Mwenza T ^a   Simpson, Bob ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Pakistanis; Childlessness; Ethnicity; Family formation; Infertility; Islam; Reproductive disruptions; UK

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; ETHNICITY; INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BRITISH PAKISTANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOSLEM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857913788     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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