Valuing breastfeeding in midwifery education
- 2 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mark Allen Group in British Journal of Midwifery
- Vol. 3 (10) , 544-547
- https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.1995.3.10.544
Abstract
Midwifery education departments need to examine the adequacy of their provision of lactation education in the light of increasing research evidence about the health benefits of breastfeeding and its growing international significance. A new breastfeeding course developed at the University of Central Lancashire is described.Keywords
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