The cup-versus-bottle debate: A theme from an ethnographic study of the supplementation of breastfed infants in hospital in the United Kingdom

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-162

  Cloherty, Michele ^a   Alexander, Jo ^b   Holloway, Immy ^b   Galvin, Kate ^b   Inch, Sally ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Breastfeeding; Cup feeding; Nipple confusion; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTNATAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 18744386395     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334405275447     Document Type: Article

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