Supporting Parents Who Lose a Child of a Multiple Birth: A Critical Review of Research in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 203-214

  McGrath, Jacqueline M ^a   Butt, Michelle L ^b   Samra, Haifa Abou ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Multiple births; NICU; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055118137     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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