"Vanished twin": An exploration of women's experiences

Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Briscoe, Lesley ^a   Street, Clare ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 0037335247     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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