(Mis)understanding abortion regret

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-122

  Kimport, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Abortion regret; Emotions; Pregnancy attachment; Sociology of reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867490156     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/SYMB.11     Document Type: Article

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