Understanding the Social Meaning of Infertility and Childbearing: A Qualitative Study of the Perception of Childbearing and Childlessness in Northern Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tabong, Philip Teg Nefaah ^a   Adongo, Philip Baba ^b  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTURBATION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRITUAL CARE; TRADITIONAL HEALER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84872448983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054429     Document Type: Article

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