Sailing against the tide: Taiwanese women's journey from pregnancy loss to motherhood

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Sun, Hui Lin ^a   Sinclair, Marlene ^b   Kernohan, George W ^b   Chang, Te Hsin ^c   Paterson, Hillary ^d  

^a NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lived experience; Motherhood; Pregnancy loss; Subsequent pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TAIWAN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; TAIWAN;

EID: 79952683040     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3182073629     Document Type: Article

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