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Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’: an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation

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Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’: an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation. / Roberts, Celia; Tyler, Imogen; Satchwell, Candice et al.
In: Social Movement Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4, 07.2016, p. 417-430.

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Roberts, C, Tyler, I, Satchwell, C & Armstrong, J 2016, 'Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’: an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation', Social Movement Studies, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 417-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2016.1149058

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Roberts, C., Tyler, I., Satchwell, C., & Armstrong, J. (2016). Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’: an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation. Social Movement Studies, 15(4), 417-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2016.1149058

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Roberts C, Tyler I, Satchwell C, Armstrong J. Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’: an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation. Social Movement Studies. 2016 Jul;15(4):417-430. Epub 2016 Mar 11. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2016.1149058

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Roberts, Celia ; Tyler, Imogen ; Satchwell, Candice et al. / Health social movements and the hybridisation of ‘cause regimes’ : an ethnography of a British childbirth organisation. In: Social Movement Studies. 2016 ; Vol. 15, No. 4. pp. 417-430.

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