Birthing and Parenting a Premature Infant in a Cultural Context

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 387-398

  Brooks, Jada L ^a   Holdtich Davis, Diane ^b   Docherty, Sharron L ^b   Theodorou, Christina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people, North America; content analysis; infants; longitudinal studies; parenting, families; pediatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NORTH CAROLINA; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PARENTING; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954285772     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732315573205     Document Type: Article

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