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<p>'This book is a must read for all professionals involved in the provision of postnatal care and will be of interest to other health related disciplines and the social sciences... [it] contributes significantly to our understanding of women 's experience and decisions about breastfeeding.' - Virginia Schmied, University of Western Sydney, Australia <p>Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor

'This book contributes significantly to our understanding of women's experience and decisions about breastfeeding, What is particularly exciting about this work is that it gives new insight into the impact of the institution, a hospital postnatal ward, on women's experience and decisions about feeding.' - Virginia Schmied, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor 'This book is a 'must read' for all professionals involved in the provision of postnatal care and will be of interest to other health related disciplines and the social sciences... [it] contributes significantly to our understanding of women's experience and decisions about breastfeeding.' - Virginia Schmied, University of Western Sydney, Australia Dyke reveals that what occurs in hospital is the 'management' of what is seen as a vunerable mechanism for the transfer of a superior fluid, rather than the encouragement of a nurturing relationship between mother and baby. New Digest Mary Smale, NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and Tutor

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