The spiritual experience of high-risk pregnancy

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Price, Sheri ^a,b   Lake, Margaret ^c   Breen, Glenn ^c   Carson, Glenda ^c,d   Quinn, Colleen ^c   O'connor, Thomas ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coping; High risk; Pregnancy; Spiritual beliefs and practices; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRISTIANITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34047237138     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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