Meaning-making in the aftermath of sudden infant death syndrome

Nursing Inquiry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-171

  Krueger, Guenther ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Coping; Grief; Infant; Psychosocial; Sudden infant death; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EVENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; EMPATHY; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; THANATOLOGY;

EID: 33747227818     PISSN: 13207881     EISSN: 14401800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00318.x     Document Type: Review

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