Infant Cardiac Surgery: Mothers Tell Their Story: A Therapeutic Experience

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 278-285

  Re, Jennifer ^a,b,c,d,e   Dean, Suzanne ^a   Menahem, Samuel ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; congenital heart surgery; infant; morbidity; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY; INFANT; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913608759     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135113481480     Document Type: Article

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