Nursing the disenfranchised: Women who have relinquished an infant for adoption

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Aloi, J A ^a,b,c  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Disenfranchised; Grief; Mothers; Relinquishment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; ANGER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 58349106297     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2008.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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