“Keeping It Together, keeping their heads above water”: Western Australian child health nurses’ understanding of resilience in postpartum mothers

SAGE Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Collins, Rachael ^a   Pooley, Julie Ann ^a   Taylor, Myra F ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adversity; Child health nurses; Postpartum mothers; Resilience; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927654055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014561210     Document Type: Article

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