Dreaming the impossible dream: Ordering risks in Australian maternity care policies

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-35

  Lane, Karen ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Maternity; Neo liberalism; Orderings; Risk; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863220694     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2012.21.1.23     Document Type: Review

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