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Can we make hospitals and the community baby friendly?
Author(s) -
Binns CW,
Scott JA
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00592.x
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , norm (philosophy) , nursing , pediatrics , law , political science
There is an increasing trend in midwifery towards shorter hospitalization, and in a world where 24–48 h will be the norm, the challenge for the baby‐friendly hospital in the new century will be to establish community support services for all mothers and to make all of our hospitals and communities “Baby and breastfeeding friendly”.