The meanings of miscarriage☆
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference (September 27–29, 1991), York University, and the author would like to thank the people who attended for their helpful comments.
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In particular the author would like to thank Steve Outram for his support and guidance throughout the period the research reported in this paper took place and Pamela Cotterill and Ursula Dobraszczyc for their comments on an earlier draft of this paper.