Socially sensitive lactation: Exploring the social context of breastfeeding

Psychology and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 450-468

  Leeming, Dawn ^a   Williamson, Iain ^b   Lyttle, Steven ^b   Johnson, Sally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; breastfeeding support; public health; qualitative research; symbolic interactionism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84875215970     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2012.737465     Document Type: Article

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