Infertility and Intimacy in an Online Community

This book explores an online support group for women who are infertile. Offering a close-up view of the women's identities and emotions as they navigate the "roller-coaster" world of infertility, a range of questions are addressed: How do the women seek support? How do they offer supp...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Billett, Paulina (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sawyer, Anne-Maree (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2019.
Σειρά:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Changing Face of Society: Intimacy and Support in the Online World
  • 3. Finding support in the online world
  • 4. A glance in the mirror: women's reflections on their emotions, bodies and selves
  • 5. Relationships in a fertile world: negotiating alliances and the "pregnant other"
  • 6. Partnering the infertile: the impact of infertility on women's spousal relationships
  • 7. Looking back, moving forward.