Guilt and emptiness: Women's experiences of miscarriage

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 543-560

  Adolfsson, Annsofie ^a,b   Larsson, P G ^b   Wijma, Barbro ^b   Berterö, Carina ^b,c  

^a Kärnsjukhuset ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHENOMENOLOGY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; GUILT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 3042592129     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490444821     Document Type: Article

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