Bedsharing: Toward a more holistic approach in research and practice

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-25

  Blanchard, Dawn S ^a   Vermilya, Helen L ^a  

^a UPMC Susquehanna   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedsharing; Culture; SIDS; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BED; CHILD CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ADULT; BEDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 33845745716     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200701000-00005     Document Type: Review

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