'Natural versus taught': Competing discourses in antenatal breastfeeding workshops

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-446

  Locke, Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Antenatal; Breastfeeding; Discourse analysis; Discursive psychology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TEACHING;

EID: 62749083980     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309102200     Document Type: Article

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