Learning the Hard Way: Expectations and Experiences of Infant Feeding Support

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Redshaw, Maggie ^a   Henderson, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Midwifery; Postnatal support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857520251     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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