Tailoring peripartum nursing care for women of advanced maternal age

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-623

  Suplee, Patricia Dunphy ^a   Dawley, Katy ^b   Bloch, Joan Rosen ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Delayed childbearing; Maternal psychosocial aspects; Maternal risk; Tailoring maternity care

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649024721     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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