Mothers' experiences of skin-to-skin care of healthy full-term newborns - A phenomenology study

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 107-111

  Dalbye, Rebecka ^a,b   Calais, Elisabet ^b,c   Berg, Marie ^b  

^a Oestfold Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experiences; Infant; Interaction; Mother; Qualitative research; Skin to skin care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYING; ENERGY; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KANGAROO CARE; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; CRYING; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960116798     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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