Being a 'good mother': Managing breastfeeding and merging identities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2147-2159

  Marshall, Joyce L ^a   Godfrey, Mary ^b   Renfrew, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Identity; Motherhood; UK

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348964701     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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