"You just don't see enough normal" critical perspectives on infant-feeding discourse and practice

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-327

  Koerber, Amy ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Critical practice; Discursive change; Health communication; Medical discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144439738     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651905275635     Document Type: Article

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