Infertile women and the narrative work of mourning: Barriers to the revision of autobiographical narratives of motherhood

Narrative Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 243-262

  Kirkman, Maggie ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84989388347     PISSN: 13876740     EISSN: 15699935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ni.13.1.09kir     Document Type: Article

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