Kangaroo care in a neonatal context: Parents' experiences of information and communication of Nurse-Parents

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Lemmen, Desirée ^a   Fristedt, Petra ^b   Lundqvist, Anita ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Capio Cityclinic   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communication; Information; Kangaroo care (kc); Neonatal; Parents experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876080409     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601307010041     Document Type: Article

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