Assuring the integrity of the family: Being the father of a very low birth weight infant

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Lee, Tzu Ying ^a   Lin, Hung Ru ^a   Huang, Tsu Hsueh ^b   Hsu, Chyong Hsin ^b   Bartlett, Robin ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fathers; Low birth weight; Midwifery; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATHER; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; TAIWAN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; ROLE; TAIWAN;

EID: 58349118329     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02487.x     Document Type: Article

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