'Knowledge is power': Risk and the moral responsibilities of the expectant mother at the turn of the twentieth century

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-21

  Hallgrimsdottir, Helga Kristin ^a   Benner, Bryan Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

maternal age; medicine in history; pregnancy management; pregnancy outcomes; pregnancy risks; pregnancy, history of; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84896690435     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2013.866216     Document Type: Article

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