The experience of becoming a mother for single, unpartnered, medicaid-eligible, first-time mothers

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Keating Lefler, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Wilson, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a Gamma Pi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grief; Loss; Medicaid eligible mothers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAID; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GRIEF; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAID; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2542482250     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04007.x     Document Type: Article

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