Abstract
The experience of pregnancy complicated by a fetal anomaly diagnosis is comprised of many concepts: uncertainty, information needs, stress and anxiety, waiting, decision-making dilemmas, isolation, fragmented health care, multiple losses and grief, foreknowledge, acceptance and adaptation. There is great variance in what is understood about each concept. The purpose of this study was to explore uncertainty and waiting among expectant mothers from the time period of a prenatal diagnosis of a fetal anomaly through the post-partum period.
Sigma Membership
Beta Theta at-Large
Lead Author Affiliation
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Fetal Anomalies, Information Needs, Stress and Anxiety
Advisor
Linda Moneyham
Second Advisor
Becky J. Christian
Third Advisor
Bobby Bellflower
Fourth Advisor
Gwendolyn Childs
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Alabama at Birminingham
Degree Year
2016
Recommended Citation
Tucker, Janet A., "The experience of the expectant mother following a diagnosis of a fetal anomaly" (2023). Dissertations. 670.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/670
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2023-02-22
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10105969; ProQuest document ID: 1790817882. The author still retains copyright.