Afterword on ‘Reproductive vulnerabilities: A critical perspective’
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https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jcph.vi.82350Keywords:
vulnerability, Bernardine Evaristo , Reproduction, fictionAbstract
Concluding this Special Issue are some thoughts on vulnerability, and how health practices and policies engage with vulnerability, via a detour through some reflection upon Bernadine Evaristo’s novel ‘Girl, Woman, Other’.
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