A project for future life-Swedish women's thoughts on childbearing lacking experience of giving birth and parenthood

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Söderberg, Malin ^a   Christensson, Kyllike ^a   Lundgren, Ingela ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Hermeneutics; Interviews; Lifeworld; Qualitative analysis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875124688     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v7i0.17318     Document Type: Article

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