Life course theory as a framework to examine becoming a mother of a medically fragile preterm infant

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-49

  Black, Beth Perry ^a   Holditch Davis, Diane ^b   Miles, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ante intra partal post partum care; Attachment involvement; Birth; Parent child relationships; Parenting; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649099785     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20298     Document Type: Article

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