The need for appropriate language in the debate on medicalisation of pregnancy

Catherine Cluver; Christianne de Groot; Ben W Mol; Kellie E Murphy; Jane E Norman; Rodolfo Padagnella; Kirsten Palmer; Liona C Poon; Daniel L Rolnik; Catherine Y Spong; Sarah J Stock; Shakila Thangaratinam; Stephen Tong; Corine Verhoeven; Lan N Vuong; Sue P Walker; Liu Xiaohua

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00125-3

The need for appropriate language in the debate on medicalisation of pregnancy

Catherine Cluver, Christianne de Groot, Ben W Mol, Kellie E Murphy, Jane E Norman, Rodolfo Padagnella, Kirsten Palmer, Liona C Poon, Daniel L Rolnik, Catherine Y Spong, Sarah J Stock, Shakila Thangaratinam, Stephen Tong, Corine Verhoeven, Lan N Vuong, Sue P Walker, Liu Xiaohua

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	818-819
Number of pages	818
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	401
Issue number	10379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00125-3
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2023

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Cluver, C., de Groot, C., Mol, B. W., Murphy, K. E., Norman, J. E., Padagnella, R., Palmer, K., Poon, L. C., Rolnik, D. L., Spong, C. Y., Stock, S. J., Thangaratinam, S., Tong, S., Verhoeven, C., Vuong, L. N., Walker, S. P., & Xiaohua, L. (2023). The need for appropriate language in the debate on medicalisation of pregnancy. The Lancet, 401(10379), 818-819. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00125-3

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