Do maternity hospital practices support Greek mothers' decision to breastfeed?

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Daglas, M ^a,b   Petoussi, V ^a   Dionysiou, G ^c   Athanassakis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding practice; Decision; Supportive environment; Ten steps

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLUNTEER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950612376     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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