'It's the first scientific evidence': Men's experience of pregnancy confirmation

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 563-570

  Draper, Jan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Ethnography; Expectant men; Fatherhood; Pregnancy; Transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036728078     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02325.x     Document Type: Article

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