Perceived Barriers of Child Adoption: A Qualitative Study among Women with Infertility in Northern Ghana.
Background. Having a child is important among married women in Northern Ghana. Among married women, infertility is the main factor causing childlessness. Child adoption provides an alternative for married women to have children. The purpose of the study was to explore the perceived barriers of child...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International pp. 1 - 10 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
6/9/2019
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