title: Mother recognition in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  analyze the maternal experience in a neonatal intensive care unit, focusing on relations of recognition.
  
  
  METHODS
  a qualitative study, built on the perspective of Gadamer's hermeneutics, based on Honneth's concept of recognition. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 mothers of children admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  failures were reported in the process of mother recognition in the unit, with consequent feelings of insecurity and obligation to child care, resulting in fragility of self-esteem.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  interactions with health professionals in the NICU and its standards and protocols cause vulnerabilities and affect maternal recognition and autonomy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wernet
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.affiliation: Curso de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná-Cascavel, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Claudia Silveira
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Viera
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adriana Moraes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Débora Falleiros
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: de Mello
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012649:Self Concept