Severe breastfeeding difficulties: Existential lostness as a mother-Women's lived experiences of initiating breastfeeding under severe difficulties

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875192875     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v7i0.10846     Document Type: Article

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