Committing to Breastfeeding in Social Work.
This article addresses the importance of breastfeeding for the social work profession. Because breastfeeding is a critical component of maternal and child health, persistent racial and socioeconomic breastfeeding inequality is a social justice issue in need of social work commitment. Even while brea...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 252 - 261 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jul2018
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