title: Effects of the nursing mother-infant dyad on the family.
abstract: The voluminous literature on breast-feeding is characterized by a narrow, if not exclusive, focus on the mother-infant dyad. This paper describes how the dynamics of the nursing couple can best be understood within the broader context of the family. One father's conflictual reactions to breast-feeding, and the subsequent effects on his nursing wife, are described.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D011247:Pregnancy