Factors influencing parental involvement among minors seeking an abortion: A qualitative study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2207-2211

  Hasselbacher, Lee A ^a   Dekleva, Anna ^c   Tristan, Sigrid ^b   Gilliam, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ABORTION; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, LEGAL; ADOLESCENT; CHICAGO; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84907829497     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302116     Document Type: Article

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