Negotiating “normality” when ivf fails

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-65

  Throsby, Karen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989364741     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: 15699935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.12.1.09thr     Document Type: Article

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