Fathers' experiences in the neonatal intensive care unit: A search for control

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Arockiasamy, Vincent ^a   Holsti, Liisa ^a,b,c,d   Albersheim, Susan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC Children's Hospital   (Canada)

^d Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fathers; NICU; Preterm infant; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38849157978     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1005     Document Type: Article

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