Unmarried women’s ways of facing single motherhood in Sri Lanka – a qualitative interview study

BACKGROUND: In Sri Lanka, motherhood within marriage is highly valued. Sex out of wedlock is socially unacceptable and can create serious public health problems such as illegal abortions, suicide and infanticide, and single motherhood as a result of premarital sex is considered shameful. The way unm...

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Autores principales: Jordal, Malin, Wijewardena, Kumudu, Olsson, Pia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3626789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-5

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