Parental and professional agency in terminations for fetal anomalies: analysis of Finnish women's accounts

This study explores the construction of parental and professional agency in the written accounts by women who have undergone selective abortion (N=8). The analysis of the data was based on qualitative, linguistic discourse analysis. The accounts indicate that the mothers themselves exhibited both st...

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Main Authors: Katriina Koponen, Kaisa Laaksonen, Tanja Vehkakoski, Simo Vehmas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2012-03-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/448