“Maternal Devices”, Social Media and the Self-Management of Pregnancy, Mothering and Child Health

Societies

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 330-350

  Johnson, Sophia Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Applications; Digital health; Mothering; Pregnancy; Responsibilisation; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914695384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/soc4020330     Document Type: Article

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