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‘It’s much easier to get help for the baby’: Women, postpartum health and maternal and child health care groups

JaneMaree MaherCentre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Monash University, Australia
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Kay SouterDepartment of English, La Trobe University, Australia
Pages 104-111 | Received 28 Mar 2005, Accepted 10 Nov 2005, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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