An account of significant events influencing Australian breastfeeding practice over the last 40 years

Women and Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Thompson, Robyn E ^a   Kildea, Sue V ^a   Barclay, Lesley M ^b   Kruske, Sue ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio physiology; Birth; Birth trauma; Breastfeeding; Intra oral anatomy; Mammalian behaviours; Opioids; Primal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LABOR; LACTATION; MASTALGIA; MIDWIFE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 79960894117     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2010.08.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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