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‘Miscarriage or abortion?’ Understanding the medical language of pregnancy loss in Britain; a historical perspective

Clinical language applied to early pregnancy loss changed in late twentieth century Britain when doctors consciously began using the term ‘miscarriage’ instead of ‘abortion’ to refer to this subject. Medical professionals at the time and since have claimed this change as an intuitive empathic respon...

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Autor principal: Moscrop, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23429567
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2012-010284

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