Meanings of abortion in context: accounts of abortion in the lives of women diagnosed with breast cancer

• Main Authors: Maggie Kirkman (Author), Carmel Apicella (Author), Jillian Graham (Author), Martha Hickey (Author), John L. Hopper (Author), Louise Keogh (Author), Ingrid Winship (Author), Jane Fisher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A breast cancer diagnosis and an abortion can each be pivotal moments in a woman's life. Research on abortion and breast cancer deals predominantly with women diagnosed during pregnancy who might be advised to have an abortion. The other-discredited but persistent-associatio...