Social support provided to Finnish mothers and fathers by nursing professionals in the postnatal ward

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 754-761

  Oommen, Hanna ^a   Rantanen, Anja ^a   Kaunonen, Marja ^a,b   Tarkka, Marja Terttu ^a   Salonen, Anne H ^a,c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Family nursing; Perinatal nursing; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052673589     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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