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Decision and experience: A phenomenological analysis of pregnancy and childbirth

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  1. Department of Sociology, Regis College, 02193, Weston, MA

    Louise Levesque-Lopman

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I acknowledge my gratitude and appreciation to Kurt H. Wolff, Hilde Hein, Kristine Rosenthal, and the three anonymous reviews fromHuman Studies for their helpful suggestions, comments, and discussions on earlier drafts of this paper.

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Levesque-Lopman, L. Decision and experience: A phenomenological analysis of pregnancy and childbirth. Hum Stud 6, 247–277 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02127765

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