Separation, failure and temporary relinquishment: Women's experiences of early mothering in the context of emergency hysterectomy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1119-1127

  Elmir, Rakime ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^b   Jackson, Debra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Centre for Health Services Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Hysterectomy; Midwifery; Mothering; Nursing; Postpartum haemorrhage; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARTURITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858290406     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03913.x     Document Type: Article

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