Support groups helping women through pregnancies after loss

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 650-670

  Côté Arsenault, Denise ^a   Freije, Marsha Mason ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused ethnography; Perinatal loss; Pregnancy after loss; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEAR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 4644260579     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945904265817     Document Type: Article

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