journal of men's health
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 338-344 , December 2009

From belonging to belonging through a blessed moment of love for a child – the birth of a child from the fathers’ perspective

  • Kerstin Erlandsson, RN, RM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Helena Lindgren, RN, RM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Woman and Child Health, Division of Reproductive and Perinatal Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and School of Health and Social Science, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden

Received 23 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 September 2009.

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PII: S1875-6867(09)00329-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jomh.2009.09.029

journal of men's health
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 338-344 , December 2009

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