Thai nurses' beliefs about breastfeeding and postpartum practices

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-475

  Kaewsarn, Pattaya ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^b   Creedy, Debra ^b  

^a Boromarajonnani Nursing College   (Thailand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cultural beliefs; Nursing and midwifery; Postpartum; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOSTRUM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; POSTNATAL CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 0041630822     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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