Impact of birth trauma on breast-feeding: A tale of two pathways

Nursing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-236

  Beck, Cheryl Tatano ^a   Watson, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Trauma and Birth Stress   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birth trauma; Breast feeding; Phenomenology; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 49149093355     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000313494.87282.90     Document Type: Article

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