Uncertainty during perimenopause: Perceptions of older first-time mothers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2299-2308

  Morgan, Patricia ^a   Merrell, Joy ^b   Rentschler, Dorothy ^c   Chadderton, Hugh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hermeneutic; Nursing; Perimenopause; Phenomenology; Transition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLIMACTERIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NARRATION; PARENTING; PERIMENOPAUSE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865968201     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05923.x     Document Type: Article

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