The education of health practitioners supporting breastfeeding women: Time for critical reflection

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 204-216

  Dykes, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Critical reflection; Education; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BREAST FEEDING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 33749022997     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2006.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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