Infant feeding and the problems of policy

Infant Feeding Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 77-91

  Lee, Ellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Ambivalence; Britain; Individualisation; Infant feeding; Moralisation; Policy; Scientisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955200905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6873-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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