A guide to supporting breastfeeding for the medical profession / edited by Amy Brown and Wendy Jones.

Other author Brown, Amy (College teacher)
Other author Jones, Wendy, 1954-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAbingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020.
Descriptionviii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
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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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Biographical noteAmy 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.
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