The Bad Mother Police: Theorizing Risk Orders in the Discourses of Infant Feeding Practices

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 552-562

  Striley, Katie Margavio ^a   Field Springer, Kimberly ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MORALS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84898015925     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2013.782225     Document Type: Article

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