Professional practice in contested territory: Child health nurses and maternal sadness

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-161

  Belle, Melissa Jane ^a   Willis, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Child and family health nurses; Postnatal depression; Professionalism; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE; NURSING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

CHILD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSES; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREGNANCY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880159149     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2013.43.2.152     Document Type: Article

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