Social representations of mothers about gestational hypertension and premature birth Representaciones sociales de las madres sobre la hipertensión gestacional y parto prematuro Representações sociais de puérperas sobre as síndromes hipertensivas da gravidez e nascimento prematuro
OBJECTIVE: To identify the meanings attributed by mothers to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) and their consequences, such as premature birth and hospitalization of the infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). METHOD: A qualitative study, based on the Central Nucleus Theory,...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-06-01
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Series: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000300726 |