Nurses' attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2532-2541

  Moon Fai, Chan ^a   Gordon Arthur, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Hospital policy; Midwives; Nurses; Perinatal bereavement care; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COUNSELING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450176677     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05141.x     Document Type: Article

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