Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 46-56 , May 2008

Late-Term Abortion for Fetal Anomaly: Vietnamese Women's Experiences

  • Tine Gammeltoft

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Trần Minh Hằng

      Affiliations

    • Researcher, Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
    • ,
  • Nguyễn Thị Hiệp

      Affiliations

    • Researcher, Research Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development, Hanoi, Vietnam
    • ,
  • Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer, Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 46-56 , May 2008

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