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• Title:A guide to supporting breastfeeding for the medical profession / edited by Amy Brown and Wendy Jones.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Brown, Amy (College teacher)
  Jones, Wendy, 1954-
  Taylor & Francis eBooks EBA
  
• Published/Created:Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020.
  

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  • Call Number: WS125
    
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• Medical Subjects:Breast Feeding
  Breast Feeding--adverse effects
  Lactation Disorders
  Maternal Health Services
  Infant Care
  Professional Role
  Social Support
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• Summary:This book is a practical guide for medical practitioners as they navigate through breastfeeding problems that occur in day-to-day practice. If mothers have a breastfeeding complication they are often directed to their GP. In complex situations, medical staff will be making decisions around what treatment plan to follow and whether a mother can keep breastfeeding. In recent years there has been growing evidence that medical professionals often advise mothers to stop breastfeeding while undergoing treatment, when in reality this was not a necessary step. In a time when breastfeeding rates are decreasing, it is important that medical professionals give accurate advice and support a mother's choice to breastfeed if the situation allows it. A Guide to Supporting Breastfeeding for the Medical Profession includes contributions from a wide range of medical professionals and each chapter is written with the practitioner in mind. Contributors include GPs, paediatricians, neonatologists, lactation specialists and midwives. Doctors have a vital role to play in supporting and facilitating breastfeeding, and without the appropriate knowledge they can often inadvertently sabotage it. This book will be of interest to GPs and paediatricians as well as nurse prescribers, midwives and health visitors.
  
• Biography/history note:Amy Brown is Professor of Child Public Health at Swansea University, where she has published over 100 research papers and books examining psychological, cultural and societal barriers to breastfeeding. Her research seeks to shift our perception of breastfeeding from an individual mothering issue to a wider public health challenge. Wendy Jones is a pharmacist, with over 25 years of experience as a breastfeeding support worker for the Breastfeeding Network (BfN). She runs the BfN Drugs in Breastmilk Service and has presented widely to healthcare professionals, volunteers and mothers on this subject. She qualified as an independent pharmacist prescriber but is now retired.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780367206468
  0367206463
  9780367206444
  0367206447
  
• Contents:Foreword / Sue Ashmore
  1. The Role of Primary Care and the GP in Supporting Breastfeeding / Marie-Therese Lovis
  2. Why breastfeeding matters / Natalie Shenker
  3. Why are breastfeeding rates in the UK so low? / Amy Brown
  4. Contra indications to breastfeeding / Wendy Jones
  5. Breastfeeding and Infant Sleep - what medical practitioners need to know / Helen L. Ball
  6. Birth experience and breastfeeding / Amy Brown and Jenny Clarke
  7. Breastfeeding complications / Emma Pickett and Wendy Jones
  8. Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transfer into breastmilk / Wendy Jones
  9. Compatibility of commonly used drugs in lactation / Wendy Jones
  10. Supporting breastfeeding women with mental health issues / Beth Chapman
  11. Tongue tie / Sarah Oakley
  12. Colic and reflux in the breastfed baby / Shel Banks
  13. Why provide donor human milk? / Natalie Shenker
  14. Breastfeeding a baby with complications / Sandi, Helen and Pippa
  15. Breastfeeding sick babies / Vicky Thomas
  16. Infant Feeding in Emergencies: What do doctors need to know? / Helen Gray
  17. What GPs need to know about breastmilk substitutes / Helen Crawley
  18. Stopping breastfeeding / Emma Pickett
  19. Where to find out more.