Breastfeeding practice in the UK: Midwives' perspectives

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-54

  Furber, Christine M ^a   Thomson, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Grounded theory; Language; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 37449034588     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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