Abortion in Vietnam: History, culture and politics collide in the era of doi moi

Abortion in Asia: Local Dilemmas, Global Politics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2010, Pages 149-174

  Wolf, Merrill ^a   Thuy, Phan Bich ^c   Hyman, Alyson ^b   Huber, Amanda ^c  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b Training and Service Delivery Improvement Unit Ipas   (United States)

^c NONE

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