A comprehensive definition of infant colic: Parents' and nurses' perspectives

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 672-680

  Helseth, Sølvi ^a   Begnum, Susanne ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tool; Infant colic; Infant crying; Nurses; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD CARE; COLIC; CRYING; ENTEROPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLIC; CRYING; CUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES; IRRITABLE MOOD; NORWAY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036715584     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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