Complex decisions: Theorizing women's infant feeding decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-380

  Sheehan, Athena ^a   Schmied, Virginia ^b   Barclay, Lesley ^c  

^a AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complex decisions; Grounded theory; Infant feeding; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649140861     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05194.x     Document Type: Article

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