The process of "persevering Toward Normalcy" after childbirth

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-265

  Doering, Jennifer ^a   Durfor, Stephanie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Postpartum period; Qualitative research; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959932236     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e31821826e7     Document Type: Article

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