Forbidden option or planned decision? Physically disabled women’s narratives on the choice of motherhood
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2016.1243150 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 140 - 150
Submitted on: Nov 13, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 23, 2016
Published on: Oct 2, 2017
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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