Advocacy for mothers with psychiatric illness: A clinical perspective

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Lagan, Maureen ^a   Knights, Kathryn ^a   Barton, Jodi ^a   Boyce, Philip M ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Maternal psychiatric illness; Mother; Perinatal; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CUSTODY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHILD CUSTODY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149357479     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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