Evaluation of a family nursing intervention for distressed pregnant women and their partners: A single group before and after study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 805-816

  Thome, Marga ^a   Arnardottir, Stefanía B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Primary Health Care of the Capital Area   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Calgary Family Nursing Model; Distress; Iceland; Intervention; Nurses; Pregnancy; Transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; SPOUSE;

FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; SPOUSES;

EID: 84874958506     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06063.x     Document Type: Article

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