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Wet Nursing

Wet Nursing is a reproductive practice in which a lactating woman breastfeeds a child other than her own, serving as a historical and cross-cultural method of infant care within the broader context of human lactation and caregiving systems.

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104

Authors

57

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

63

Adoption in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Jack Goody · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 1969 · 153 citations

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Fitness tradeoffs in the history and evolution of delegated mothering with special reference to wet-nursing, abandonment, and infanticide

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy · Ethology and Sociobiology · 1992 · 126 citations

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Milk, money, and madness: the culture and politics of breastfeeding

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 106 citations

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Selling Mothers' Milk: The Wet-Nursing Business in France, 1715-1914

Edward Shorter, George D. Sussman · The American Historical Review · 1983 · 97 citations

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Wet Nursing: A History from Antiquity to the Present.

Roy Porter, Valerie Fildes · The Economic History Review · 1989 · 81 citations

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Authors

104

  1. JG
    Janet Golden

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    3 publications · 115 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. GD
    George D. Sussman

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    3 publications · 151 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. DH
    Duong Hoang Vu

    University of Connecticut, United States

    2 publications · 76 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. JZ
    Judith Z. Krantz

    University of Louisville, United States

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. JC
    Jennifer Cashin

    UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, Thailand

    2 publications · 76 citations

    2

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Institutions

57

  1. Western Sydney University

    Richmond, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  2. National University of Malaysia

    Bangi, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    78 citations

  3. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    51 citations

  4. Universiti Teknologi MARA

    Shah Alam, Malaysia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    78 citations

  5. Family Health International 360

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  6. Karolinska Institutet

    Stockholm, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  7. University of Connecticut

    Storrs, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

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Venues

  1. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 140 citations

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  2. Medical History

    3 publications · 82 citations

    3

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  3. Journal of Family History

    3 publications · 107 citations

    3

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  4. Journal of Human Lactation

    JHL · 3 publications · 92 citations

    3

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  5. Nursing History Review

    2 publications · 79 citations

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