Mothers' experiences of having their newborn child in a neonatal intensive care unit

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Wigert, Helena ^a   Johansson, Renée ^a   Berg, Marie ^a,b   Hellström, Anna Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mother child; Mothers' experience; Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborn caring; Phenomenological hermeneutic method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUERPERIUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645102759     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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