Seeing and Holding Baby: Systematic Review of Clinical Management and Parental Outcomes After Stillbirth

Birth

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 206-218

  Kingdon, Carol ^a   Givens, Jennifer L ^b   O'Donnell, Emer ^b   Turner, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Review; Seeing and holding; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CHILD PARENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; TOUCH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STILLBIRTH; TOUCH;

EID: 84939264131     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12176     Document Type: Article

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