The experiences of mothers in breastfeeding their very low birth weight infants

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2523-2531

  Lee, Tzu Ying ^a   Lee, Ting Ting ^a   Kuo, Su Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Experiences; Infants; Mothers; Neonatal intensive care unit; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 70450203659     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05116.x     Document Type: Article

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