Since their accreditation as a professional specialty in 1985, lactation consultants have grown in number and prominence in maternity care. In North America and Australia, breastfeeding management is now a domain increasingly presided over by certified experts. This article explores the way in which this speciality has established a distinctive identity that straddles seemingly contradictory maternalist and medicalised discourses. Drawing on professional sources and on a small study of Victorian lactation consultants, it explores the shift from the maternalist imagery characteristic of voluntary breastfeeding support groups, to a more complex message about breastfeeding as a contemporary social practice. We argue that the way in which lacta...
This thesis is focused on education of nursing mothers by a nurse - a lactation consultant. In the i...
The profession of Lactation Consulting, which specializes in breastfeeding and human lactation, has ...
This paper is an empirically informed opinion piece revisiting an argument published in Midwifery 10...
Breastfeeding support for mothers and their babies historically was the informal work of family and ...
Includes bibliographical references (pages [47]-49)Breastfeeding seems to have had upward and downwa...
NoThere is now a body of research evaluating breastfeeding interventions and exploring mothers' and ...
Midwives are the main health professional group providing support and assistance to women during the...
Midwives are the main health professional group providing support and assistance to women during the...
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Background: Breastfeeding is known to confer lifelong health benefits to mothers and their babies, b...
In recent decades, breastfeeding has been increasingly promoted by governments, public health organ...
This dissertation provides a comparison of two relatively new occupational groups working in materni...
Breastfeeding is an intimate and deeply rooted bodily practice, as well as a highly controversial so...
This article provides a comparison of two occupational groups working in maternity care: Internation...
Breast milk is regarded as ideal, natural and protective food for newborns. Breastfeeding is a natur...
This thesis is focused on education of nursing mothers by a nurse - a lactation consultant. In the i...
The profession of Lactation Consulting, which specializes in breastfeeding and human lactation, has ...
This paper is an empirically informed opinion piece revisiting an argument published in Midwifery 10...
Breastfeeding support for mothers and their babies historically was the informal work of family and ...
Includes bibliographical references (pages [47]-49)Breastfeeding seems to have had upward and downwa...
NoThere is now a body of research evaluating breastfeeding interventions and exploring mothers' and ...
Midwives are the main health professional group providing support and assistance to women during the...
Midwives are the main health professional group providing support and assistance to women during the...
https://kent-islandora.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/starkstudentconference/2018/Posters/11/thumbnail.j...
Background: Breastfeeding is known to confer lifelong health benefits to mothers and their babies, b...
In recent decades, breastfeeding has been increasingly promoted by governments, public health organ...
This dissertation provides a comparison of two relatively new occupational groups working in materni...
Breastfeeding is an intimate and deeply rooted bodily practice, as well as a highly controversial so...
This article provides a comparison of two occupational groups working in maternity care: Internation...
Breast milk is regarded as ideal, natural and protective food for newborns. Breastfeeding is a natur...
This thesis is focused on education of nursing mothers by a nurse - a lactation consultant. In the i...
The profession of Lactation Consulting, which specializes in breastfeeding and human lactation, has ...
This paper is an empirically informed opinion piece revisiting an argument published in Midwifery 10...