Co-sleeping as a window into Swedish culture: Considerations of gender and health care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-360

  Welles Nystrom, Barbara ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child development; Co sleeping; Gender; Health care; Practices; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; CHILD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SWEDEN;

EID: 33644876508     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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