'I'm pregnant... what am I going to do?' An examination of value judgements and moral frameworks in teenage pregnancy decision making

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 533-549

  Hoggart, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abortion; autonomy; regret; risk; teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORALITY; PARENTHOOD; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863949728     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2012.706263     Document Type: Article

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