Comparison of psychpsocial adjustment of mothers and fathers of high-risk infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-137

  Doering, Lynn V ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Moser, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0033084697     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200083     Document Type: Review

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