Re-writing motherhood: Researching women's experiences of learning to mother for the first time

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Fowler, Cathrine ^a   Lee, Alison ^b  

^a Tresillian Family Care Centres   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Learning; Memory; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33645469219     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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