When baby's chronic illness and disability interfere with breastfeeding: Women's emotional adjustment

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 794-800

  Ryan, Kath ^a,b   Smith, Lorraine ^c   Alexander, Jo ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Chronic illness; Disability; Emotional adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED CHILDREN; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878107601     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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