Will our baby be alive again? Supporting parents of young children when a baby dies

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Limbo, Rana ^a   Kobler, W L Kathie ^b  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 68449098669     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2009.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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