Bodies of risk: Constructing motherhood in a Mexican public hospital

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2275-2282

  Smith Oka, Vania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexico; Motherhood; Physician patient relationship; Reproductive risk

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEXICO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEXICO; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 84869495201     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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