Sanctioning pregnancy: A psychological perspective on the paradoxes and culture of research

Sanctioning Pregnancy: A Psychological Perspective on the Paradoxes and Culture of Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-177

  Gross, Harriet ^a   Pattison, Helen ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203961117     Document Type: Book

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