Perceptions of parent-staff communication in Neonatal Intensive Care: The development of a rating scale

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-35

  Reid, Tilly ^a   Bramwell, Ros ^b   Booth, Nicola ^c   Weindling, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HADS; McMaster FAD; NICU; Parent staff communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846414745     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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