Reproductive (In)Justice and Inequality in the Lives of Women with Intellectual Disabilities in Scotland
By: Phillippa Wiseman and Jo Ferrie
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.677 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 318 - 329
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2019
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2020
Published on: Nov 17, 2020
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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