Emotional reactions of parents after the birth of an infant with extremely low birth weight

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-136

  Eriksson, Birgitta Sandén ^a   Pehrsson, Gunnel ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotional reactions; Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants; Parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIEF; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUSION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIEF; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21844456908     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493505051402     Document Type: Article

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