Fathers' perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to their involvement with their newborn hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 521-530

  Feeley, Nancy ^a,b   Waitzer, Elana ^c   Sherrard, Kathryn ^b   Boisvert, Linda ^b   Zelkowitz, Phyllis ^b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RIISIQ (Quebec Nursing Intervention Research Network)   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers; Facilitators; Father; Involvement; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING STAFF;

ADULT; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84872315598     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04231.x     Document Type: Article

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