Providing mother's own milk in the context of the NICU: A paradoxical experience

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-373

  Hurst, Nancy ^a   Engebretson, Joan ^b   Mahoney, Jane S ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; milk expression; preterm infants; pumping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BREASTFEEDING; MILK EXPRESSION; PRETERM INFANTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUMPING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEXAS;

BREASTFEEDING; MILK EXPRESSION; PRETERM INFANTS; PUMPING;

EID: 84880360280     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413485640     Document Type: Article

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