Everyday nursing practice values in the NICU and their reflection on breastfeeding promotion

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-409

  Cricco Lizza, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; ethnography; feeding; infants; nursing; participant observation; uncertainty; values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BREAST FEEDING; CRITICAL CARE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952293761     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310379239     Document Type: Article

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