Provision of taped conversations with neonatologists to mothers of babies in intensive care: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7583, 2007, Pages 28-31

  Koh, Tieh Hee Hai Guan ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis N ^c   Coory, Michael ^d   Budge, Donna ^a   Collie, Li An ^a   Whitehall, John ^a,b   Tattersall, Martin H ^e  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRESS; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUEENSLAND; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33846225588     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39017.675648.BE     Document Type: Article

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