Parental presence when their child is in neonatal intensive care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Wigert, Helena ^a   Berg, Marie ^a   Hellström, Anna Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborn caring; Parental presence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING;

EID: 76549119096     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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