"I wanted to do a good job": Experiences of 'becoming a mother' and breastfeeding in mothers of very preterm infants after discharge from a neonatal unit

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2405-2416

  Flacking, Renée ^a,b   Ewald, Uwe ^a   Starrin, Bengt ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Becoming a mother; Breastfeeding; Mothers; Neonatal unit; Preterm infants; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; NEONATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; SWEDEN;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249078202     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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