Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 71-85 , June 2008

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

  • Jennifer Fenwick

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 17 Colgrave Way, DUNCRAIG, WA 6023, Australia. Tel.: +61 040 1103634; fax: +61 08 92662959.
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  • Lesley Barclay

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Health Practice, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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  • Virginia Schmied

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Received 8 October 2007 ,Revised 13 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 March 2008.

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    The relationship between the all the categories within the framework of Strauss and Corbin's32 paradigm model.

    The relationship between the all the categories within the framework of Strauss and Corbin's32 paradigm model.

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    Diagrammatical representation of the grounded theory, “Learning to be a nursery mother”.

    Diagrammatical representation of the grounded theory, “Learning to be a nursery mother”.

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    Three-way nature of neonatal nursing.

    Three-way nature of neonatal nursing.

PII: S1871-5192(08)00024-3

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2008.03.006

Women and Birth
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 71-85 , June 2008

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