Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages e4-e11 , March 2007

Holding a Place: Parents' Lives Following Removal of Infant Life Support

  • Debra C. Armentrout, RNC, NNP, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondences to Debra C. Armentrout, RNC, NNP, PhD, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030.

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 Research conducted as dissertation work, Nursing Doctoral Program, UTMB, Galveston, TX.

PII: S1527-3369(06)00160-7

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2006.12.009

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages e4-e11 , March 2007