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Winnicott, Donald Woods

Winnicott, Donald Woods (1896–1971)
A British paediatrician and psychoanalyst whose work on the mother–baby relationship directed attention to the infant's environment and to ‘good-enough mothering’. Often discussed by modern feminist writers on parenting, his most accessible book is The Child, the Family and the Outside World (1964).

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