Mining for liquid gold: Midwifery language and practices associated with early breastfeeding support

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-73

  Burns, Elaine ^a   Fenwick, Jenny ^b   Sheehan, Athena ^c   Schmied, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AVONDALE COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio medical approach; Breastfeeding; Discourse analysis; Expert clinician; Lactation science; Midwifery support; Qualitative; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871001981     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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