Employed Mexican women as mothers and partners: Valued, empowered and overloaded

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-90

  Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim ^a   Douglas, Marilyn K ^b   Bribes, Carmen ^a   Shih, Fujin ^c   Messias, DeAnne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Clin Nurse Specialist Vet' AMC

^c University of Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029687524     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb03139.x     Document Type: Article

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