A longitudinal comparison of the psychological impact on mothers of neonatal and 3 month repair of cleft lip

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Slade, P ^a   Emerson, D J M ^a   Freedlander, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Neonatal repair; Psychological impact; Timing of repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033035934     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3016     Document Type: Article

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