Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Elsevier Mosby,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Breastfeeding in modern medicine
- Anatomy of the human breast
- Physiology of lactation
- Biochemistry of human milk
- Host-resistance factors and immunologic significance of human milk
- Psychologic impact of breastfeeding
- Making an informed decision about infant feeding
- Management of the mother-infant nursing couple
- Diet and dietary supplements for the mother and infant
- Weaning
- Drugs in breast milk
- Normal growth, failure to thrive and obesity in the breastfed infant
- Maternal employment
- Breastfeeding the premature infant
- Breastfeeding the infant with a problem
- Medical complications of the mother
- Transmission of infectious diseases through breast milk and breastfeeding
- Human milk as a prophylaxis in allergy
- Induced lactation and relactation (including nursing the adopted baby) and cross-nursing
- Reproductive function during lactation
- The collection and storage of human milk and human milk banking
- Breastfeeding support groups and community resources
- Educating and training the medical professional