A minority report: Teaching fathers baby massage

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-154

  Mackereth, Peter A ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babies; Father; Massage; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; TEACHING;

EID: 0037780476     PISSN: 13536117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-6117(03)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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