Attitudes about sibling visitation in the neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1021-1026

  Meyer, Elaine C ^a,b   Kennally, Karen F ^a   Zika Beres, Effie ^a   Cashore, William J ^a   Oh, William ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIBLING;

EID: 0029836732     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350023003     Document Type: Article

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