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From women’s ‘irresponsibility’ to foetal ‘patienthood’: Obstetricians-gynaecologists’ perspectives on abortion and its stigmatisation in Italy and Cataluña

Pages 711-723 | Received 27 May 2016, Accepted 04 Jan 2017, Published online: 05 Mar 2017

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