Parents' perception of nursing support in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 19-25

  Lam, Joanne ^a   Spence, Kaye ^a,b   Halliday, Robert ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neonate; NICU; Nurse support; Parents; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849098354     PISSN: 14416638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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