Parental Support in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between New Zealand and Japan

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-215

  Ichijima, Emiko ^a   Kirk, Ray ^a   Hornblow, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cultural comparisons; NICU; Nursing support; Parental stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAPAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956105145     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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