Definitions matter: If maternal-fetal relationships are not attachment, what are they?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-451

  Walsh, Judi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Caregiving; Fetal representations; Maternal fetal attachment; Pregnancy; Prenatal attachment; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78049389335     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-010-0152-8     Document Type: Article

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