'If they want to risk the health and well-being of their child, that's up to them': Long-term breastfeeding, risk and maternal identity

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-367

  Faircloth, Charlotte R ^a  

^a Department of Social Anthropology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term breastfeeding; Maternal identity; Risk consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 77954288897     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698571003789674     Document Type: Article

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