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Breastfeeding : a guide for the medical profession / edited by Ruth A. Lawrence, Robert M. Lawrence ; associate editors, Lawrence Noble, Casey Rosen-Carole, Alison M. Stuebe.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 1047 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780323680141
  • 0323680143
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Breastfeeding.DDC classification:
  • 649/.33 23
  • 613.2/69 23
LOC classification:
  • RJ216 .L358 2022eb
NLM classification:
  • WS 125
Online resources:
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.
Summary: "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're brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding--all in a highly readable, easily accessible desk reference"--Publisher's description
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"Ruth A. Lawrence remains the senior author and editor of this book, although her eldest son assists her ..."--Page ix

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

"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're brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding--all in a highly readable, easily accessible desk reference"--Publisher's description

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