The lived experiences of fathers of a premature baby on a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-40

  Hollywood, Mark ^a   Hollywood, Eleanor ^b  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b The University of Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fathers; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Preterm baby; Preterm birth; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651371342     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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