Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession /

Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offers comprehensive, dependable information and guidance in this multifaceted field. Award-winning author and co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Dr. Ruth Lawrence, and her son, Dr. Rob Lawrence, ensure that you'r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lawrence, Ruth A., 1924- (Author, Editor), Lawrence, Robert M. (Robert Michael), 1951- (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Noble, Lawrence (Editor), Rosen-Carole, Casey (Editor), Stuebe, Alison M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2022]
Edition:Ninth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Breastfeeding in a new era
  • Anatomy of the breast
  • Physiology of lactation
  • Biochemistry of human milk
  • Host-resistance factors and immunologic significance of human milk
  • Population health and informed feeding decisions
  • Practical management of the nursing "dyad"
  • Maternal nutrition and supplements for mother and infant
  • Weaning
  • Normal growth, growth faltering, and obesity in breastfed infants
  • Medications, herbal preparations, and natural products in breast milk
  • Transmission of infectious diseases through breast milk and breastfeeding
  • Breastfeeding infants with problems
  • Premature infants and breastfeeding
  • Medical complications of mothers
  • Breast conditions in the breastfeeding mother
  • Human milk and atopic disease
  • Breastfeeding and return to work or school
  • Induced lactation and relactation (including nursing an adopted baby) and cross-nursing
  • Chestfeeding and lactation care for LGBTQ+ families (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus)
  • Reproductive function during lactation
  • The Collection and storage of human milk and human milk banking
  • Infant feeding after a disaster
  • Establishing a breastfeeding medicine practice or academic department
  • Breastfeeding support groups and community resources
  • Educating and training medical professionals
  • Appendices