Motherhood, medicine & markets: The changing cultural politics of postnatal care provision

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Zadoroznyj, Maria ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^b   Berry, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Familialism; Markets; Netherlands; Post birth care; Surveillance; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865828235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2701     Document Type: Article

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