Addressing Stillbirth in India Must Include Men

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 590-599

  Roberts, Lisa ^a   Montgomery, Susanne ^a   Ganesh, Gayatri ^b   Kaur, Harinder Pal ^a   Singh, Ratan ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Christian Hospital Mungeli   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FATHER; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELECTIVE ABORTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SON; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WIFE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FATHERS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 85016090429     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1294220     Document Type: Article

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