When breastfeeding is unsuccessful - mothers' experiences after giving up breastfeeding

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 848-856

  Larsen, Jette Schilling ^a   Kronborg, Hanne ^b  

^a School of Continuing Education   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Critical research approaches; Parenting; Qualitative approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRITICAL RESEARCH APPROACHES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES;

BREAST FEEDING; CRITICAL RESEARCH APPROACHES; PARENTING; QUALITATIVE APPROACHES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84886595514     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01091.x     Document Type: Article

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