From distance towards proximity - fathers’ lived experience of caring for their preterm infants
(2007) In Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families 22(6). p.490-497- Abstract
- Open interviews with 13 fathers were performed, using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, to illuminate their lived experience of caring for their preterm infant. Their lived experience was expressed as a process moving from initial feelings of distance toward feelings of proximity. The process was described as a pendulum that was easily disturbed. Feelings of distance included experiences of living beside reality, becoming an outsider, and living with worry. Feelings of proximity included experiences of returning to reality, becoming a family, and facing the future. Illumination of the father–infant interaction adds to the family-centered body of knowledge in neonatal nursing.
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- author
- Lundqvist, Pia LU ; Hellström-Westas, Lena LU and Hallström, Inger LU
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- publishing date
- 2007
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
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- Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families
- volume
- 22
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 490 - 497
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:36248938708
- pmid:18036470
- ISSN
- 1532-8449
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.04.008
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Nursing (Closed 2012) (013065000), Paediatrics (Lund) (013002000)
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