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MORE THOUGHTS ON LACTATION AS “NATURE'S CONTRACEPTIVE”
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical anthropology quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.855
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1548-1387
pISSN - 0745-5194
DOI - 10.1111/j.1937-6219.1985.tb00987.x
Subject(s) - fertility , population , ethnography , breast feeding , family planning , breastfeeding , sociology , demography , research methodology , history , anthropology , medicine , pediatrics
In the February issue of MAQ (16(2):36–40), Corinne Hodgson's original article, “Using and Misusing Ethnographic Data: Lactation as ‘Nature's Contraceptive,”’ appeared. In the article, she strongly criticized Dr. R. V. Short for his article, “Breast Feeding,” which was published in Scientific American (250:35–41, 1984). Dr. Short was asked to provide a commentary, but declined, suggesting instead several other experts in the field, who were contacted for their opinions. Dr. John Bongaarts of the Population Council submitted commentary that was published in the February MAQ, but three other experts responded after the publication deadline for that issue. Their thoughts about the Hodgson article, and about the issue of breast‐feeding and fertility, appear below. These comments were submitted to Hodgson, whose response follows—Ed.