Craving Closeness: A grounded theory analysis of women's experiences of mothering in the Special Care Nursery

The aim of the study was to increase knowledge and understanding of how women begin their roles as mothers when their infant is in neonatal nursery. Research is limited into how women experience mothering in contexts such as the neonatal nursery. Consequently many nurses and midwives remain inadequa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fenwick, Jennifer, Barclay, Lesley, Schmied, V.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18578