Breastfeeding: An existential challenge - Women's lived experiences of initiating breastfeeding within the context of early home discharge in Sweden

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Palmér, Lina ^a,b   Carlsson, Gunilla ^a   Mollberg, Margareta ^a   Nyström, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Caring science; Lived experience; Phenomenology; Reflective lifeworld research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865795526     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i3.5397     Document Type: Article

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