Fathers' involvement in Swedish child health care - The role of nurses' practices and attitudes

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 396-401

  Massoudi, Pamela ^a,b   Wickberg, Birgitta ^c   Hwang, C Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Child health care; Fathers; Involvement; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY STRESS; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

EID: 79551595403     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02047.x     Document Type: Article

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