‘The thief of womanhood’: women's experience of polycystic ovarian syndrome

Celia Kitzinger; Jo Willmott

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00034-x

journal article Feb 01, 2002

‘The thief of womanhood’: women's experience of polycystic ovarian syndrome

Celia Kitzinger Jo Willmott

Social Science & Medicine Vol. 54 No. 3 pp. 349-361 · Elsevier BV

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Celia Kitzinger, Jo Willmott (2002). ‘The thief of womanhood’: women's experience of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Social Science & Medicine, 54(3), 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00034-x

‘The thief of womanhood’: women's experience of polycystic ovarian syndrome

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