Vigilance in Parents' Experiences of Fetal and Infant Loss

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-130

  Nowak, Emily W ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal and infant mortality; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751507347     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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