Living with the threat of preterm labor: Women's work of keeping the baby in

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 700-708

  MacKinnon, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Rural Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional ethnography; Perinatal nursing; Preterm labor; Women's experiences; Women's work

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 36448975872     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/J.1552-6909.2006.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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