Not feeding, not coming home: Parental experiences of infant feeding difficulties and family relationships in a neonatal unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 249-258

  Swift, Michelle Carr ^a   Scholten, Ingrid ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family care; Feeding difficulty; Infant; Neonatal care; Parenting; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 73149102289     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02822.x     Document Type: Review

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