Experiences of obstetric nurses who are present for a perinatal loss

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-331

  Puia, Denise M ^a   Lewis, Laura ^a   Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Infant death; Obstetric nurses; Perinatal loss; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878233042     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12040     Document Type: Article

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