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