Remaining patient : a critical analysis of British Columbia health discourse on teen mothers

Since the early 1970s the issue of teen pregnancy and parenthood has been the subject of vigorous public policy debate. Literature reports that becoming a teen parent increases the risk of abbreviated education, poverty, isolation, low self-esteem and economic dependency. Discourses within the healt...

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Main Author: Creighton, Genevieve
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31647