Bookedited by Richard Schanler, Lori Feldman-Winter, Joan Younger Meek, Sharon B Mass, Lawrence Noble.
Summary: The definitive resource for physicians and other health care professionals to be able to counsel expectant and nursing mothers and other caregivers on the most up-do-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach. Contains a wealth of information on supporting breastfeeding mothers and infants and meeting their unique physical and emotional needs.
Contents:
Front Matter
1. Evidence for Breastfeeding: Importance for Newborns and Infants, Mothers, and Society
2. The Scope of Breastfeeding
3. Composition of Human Milk
4. Nonnutritive Components in Human Milk
5. Anatomy and Physiology of Lactation
6. Breastfeeding: Management Before and After Conception
7. Breastfeeding Initiation
8. Breastfeeding in the Hospital
9. Maintenance of Breastfeeding: The Newborn and Infant
10. Maintenance of Breastfeeding: The Mother
11. The Breastfeeding-Friendly Medical Office 12. Breastfeeding and Human Milk for Preterm Newborns and Infants
13. Breastfeeding in Special Circumstances
14. Lactation Support Technology
15. Supporting Breastfeeding During Mother-Infant Separation
16. Medications and Breastfeeding
17. Contraception and the Breastfeeding Mother
18. Contraception and the Breastfeeding Mother
19. Breastfeeding Issues During Disasters
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Index