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Insufficient Milk Supply
Author(s) -
Hill Pamela Dee,
Humenick Sharron S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1989.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , phenomenon , business , supply management , conceptual model , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , medicine , epistemology , physics , philosophy , database , power (physics) , pathology , quantum mechanics
A review of the literature reveals the phenomenon of insufficient milk supply (IMS) as being the most likely potential problem for the breastfeeding mother. This article discusses possible determinants and indicators of insufficient milk supply and proposes a conceptual definition and model.