A helping hand for new fathers: an award-winning group of nurses is addressing the psychological needs of new fathers
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Mary Alabaster heads a perinatal service in the South Essex Partnership National Health Service Trust that addresses the needs of new fathers as well as new mothers. The clinic offers support services and counseling for fathers before and after the birth of a child to help them cope with the change in their life and to help them become a better support for the mothers of their children.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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Men's experiences of partners' postnatal mental illness
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The article analyzes the experiences of men whose spouses or partners are admitted to the mother-and-baby unit with postnatal psychiatric illness. It also focuses on the reaction of the men, their attitudes, coping strategies and knowledge about stressors.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2007
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A fresh approach to osteoporosis: as a pioneering osteoporosis nurse specialist, Anne Sutcliffe has had to confron public misunderstanding, patient prejudice and the problem of funding
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As an osteoporosis specialty nurse, Anne Sutcliffe treats patients, educates the public and participates in fundraising efforts to improve osteoporosis treatment.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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