TY - BOOK ID - 77922361 TI - Breast or bottle? : contemporary controversies in infant feeding policy and practice PY - 2013 SN - 1611172462 9781611172461 1299638449 9781299638440 9781611172416 1611172411 PB - Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, DB - UniCat KW - Bottle feeding. KW - Breastfeeding. KW - Infants KW - Breast feeding KW - Nursing (Breastfeeding) KW - Suckling KW - Lactation KW - Wet nurses KW - Artificial feeding of children KW - Infant formulas KW - Nutrition. KW - Nutrition UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77922361 AB - Breast or Bottle is the first scholarly examination of the shift in breastfeeding recommendations occurring over the last half century. Through a close analysis of scientific and medical controversies and a critical examination of the ways in which medical beliefs are communicated to the public, Amy Koerber exposes layers of shifting arguments and meaning that inform contemporary infant-feeding advocacy and policy.Whereas the phrase ""breast or bottle"" might once have implied a choice between two relative equals, human milk is now believed to possess unique health-promoting qualities. Although ER -