A journey filled with emotions - Mothers experiences of breastfeeding their preterm infant in a Swedish neonatal ward

Breastfeeding Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Björk, Maria ^a   Thelin, Anna ^a   Peterson, Inger ^a   Hammarlund, Kina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Experience; Mother; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBJECT RELATION; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MIDWIFERY; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863629234     PISSN: 07292759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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