Unresolved feelings of guilt and shame in the maternal role with substance-dependent African American women

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 47-52

  Ehrmin, Joanne T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Ethnography; Guilt; Parenting; Recovery; Shame; Spirituality; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SHAME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0035230157     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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