Skin-to-skin care for dying preterm newborns and their parents - A phenomenological study from the perspective of NICU nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 669-676

  Kymre, Ingjerd G ^a   Bondas, Terese ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dying preterm newborns; End of life care; Mutual experience; Neonatal nursing; Phenomenology; Proximity in dying; Reflective lifeworld research; Skin to skin care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DYING PRETERM NEWBORNS; HUMAN; MUTUAL EXPERIENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROXIMITY IN DYING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFLECTIVE LIFEWORLD RESEARCH; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN; SKIN-TO-SKIN CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TOUCH;

DYING PRETERM NEWBORNS; END-OF-LIFE CARE; MUTUAL EXPERIENCE; NEONATAL NURSING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROXIMITY IN DYING; REFLECTIVE LIFEWORLD RESEARCH; SKIN-TO-SKIN CARE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SCANDINAVIA; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 84880311604     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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