Parenting preterm infants: A meta-synthesis

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-120

  Swartz, Martha K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant, premature; Parenting; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NURSE; PREMATURITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944381918     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200503000-00009     Document Type: Article

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