Shrouds of silence: Three women's stories of prenatal loss

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 8-12

  St John, Annette ^a   Cooke, Marie ^b   Goopy, Suzanne ^b  

^a Sunnybank Hospital   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Experience; Grief; Prenatal loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33646137782     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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