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Contraception as Social Action: A Criticism of the Concept of the Unconscious Wish for a Child

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Advances in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

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The title of this paper was consciously chosen to be provocative: both authors believe the concept of the unconscious wish for a child to be a realistic one. What we wish to pass critical remarks on, is, therefore, not so much the concept itself, but rather on an inflationary and — we believe — unqualified and unrealistic usage in the gynecological practice and research, whereby other concepts that are fundamental for giving contraceptive adivce could thereby be ignored.

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  1. M. Wilken
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  1. Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bad Godesberg, Waldstrasse 73, D-5300, Bonn, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Prill

  2. Universitäts-Frauenklinik Charlottenburg, Pulsstrasse 4-14, D-1000, Berlin 19, Germany

    Manfred Stauber

  3. Montréal , Québec, Canada

    Paul-Georges Pechatschek M.D., B.Sc

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Wilken, M., Oeter, K. (1982). Contraception as Social Action: A Criticism of the Concept of the Unconscious Wish for a Child. In: Prill, HJ., Stauber, M., Pechatschek, PG. (eds) Advances in Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81876-9_95

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