Supporting women with learning disabilities in infant feeding decisions: UK health care professionals' experiences.
Women with learning disabilities are less likely to breastfeed than other women. They may find it hard to understand or learn feeding techniques or know that they have infant feeding choices. This population may be supported during their pregnancies by a range of professionals with differing priorit...
| Publicado en: | Maternal & Child Nutrition Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2023
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