Moral work in women's narratives of breastfeeding

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-958

  Ryan, Kath ^a   Bissell, Paul ^b   Alexander, Jo ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Discourse; Foucault; Moral work; Narratives; Subjectivity; Technologies of the self; UK

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; INFANT FEEDING; MORALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BIOETHICS; BREAST FEEDING; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; NARRATIVE; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORALS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 77950361240     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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