How bereaved multiple-birth parents cope with hospitalization, homecoming, disposition for deceased, and attachment to survivors

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 714-722

  Pector, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a Spectrum Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILDBIRTH; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; E-MAIL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 8644243023     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211170     Document Type: Article

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