Parental liminality: A way of understanding the early experiences of parents who have a very preterm infant

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1462-1471

  Watson, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretive interactionism; Liminality; Neonatal intensive care; Nursing; Parents; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL NURSING; PARENTS;

EID: 79954619897     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03311.x     Document Type: Article

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