Mothering during war and postwar in bosnia

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-483

  Robertson, Lee Cheryl ^a   Duckett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosnia; Children; Displaced persons; Ethnography; Mothers; War

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RELIGION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WAR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; ISLAM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; WAR;

EID: 38749093348     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840707309350     Document Type: Article

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