Mothering and women’s health

Women's Health in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Theory and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 297-323

  Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Doane, Gweneth Hartrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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