Gender and maternal healthcare

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 389-404

  Sandall, Jane ^a   Benoit, Cecilia ^b,c   van Teijlingen, Edwin ^d   Wrede, Sirpa ^e,f   Declercq, Eugene ^g,h   De Vries, Raymond ⁱ  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Collegium for Advanced Studies ^*  (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 85015836840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137295408_24     Document Type: Chapter

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