Taiwanese women's experiences of becoming a mother to a very-low-birth-weight preterm infant: A grounded theory study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-336

  Chang Lee, Shu Nu ^a   Long, Ann ^b   Boore, Jennifer ^b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Parenting; Preterm infant; Very low birth weight infant; Zuo You Zi

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMBOLISM; TAIWAN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTING; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 59849105946     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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