Breastfeeding as a moral imperative: An autoethnographic study

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-87

  Crossley, Michele L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demedicalization; Empowering; Feminism; Health promotion; Mothering; Natural; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849125819     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353508098620     Document Type: Article

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