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- English
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About this book
Written and edited by leading physicians, 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.- Helps you make appropriate drug recommendations, treat conditions associated with breastfeeding, and provide thoughtful guidance to the breastfeeding mother according to her circumstances, problems, and lifestyle.- Includes numerous charts and tables throughout, with an emphasis on the scientific, chemical, and physiological underpinnings of breastfeeding. Appendices contain additional charts and tables, including the complete collection of clinical protocols on breastfeeding and human milk from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.- Features new chapters on breast conditions and their management in the breastfeeding mother, breastfeeding and chest-feeding for LGBTQ+ families, breastfeeding during disasters, and establishing a breastfeeding practice or academic department.- Provides significant updates on physiology and biochemistry of lactation; medications and herbal preparations in breast milk; transmission of infectious disease through breast milk; allergy and its relationship with breastfeeding, exposure, and avoidance; premature infants and breastfeeding; and practical management of the mother-infant nursing couple.- Offers authoritative and fresh perspectives from new associate editors: neonatologist Dr. Larry Noble, obstetrician Dr. Alison Stuebe, and pediatrician and lactation specialist Dr. Casey Rosen-Carole.- Covers patient-centered counseling, the cellular composition of human breast milk, microbiota of the breast and human milk, and the multifunctional roles of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs).- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
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- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of Contributors
- Foreword from the Eighth Edition
- Preface
- 1. Breastfeeding in a New Era
- 2. Anatomy of the Breast
- 3. Physiology of Lactation
- 4. Biochemistry of Human Milk
- 5. Host-Resistance Factors and Immunologic Significance of Human Milk
- 6. Population Health and Informed Feeding Decisions
- 7. Practical Management of the Nursing “Dyad”
- 8. Maternal Nutrition and Supplements for Mother and Infant
- 9. Weaning
- 10. Normal Growth, Growth Faltering, and Obesity in Breastfed Infants
- 11. Medications, Herbal Preparations, and Natural Products in Breast Milk
- 12. Transmission of Infectious Diseases Through Breast Milk and Breastfeeding
- 13. Breastfeeding Infants With Problems
- 14. Premature Infants and Breastfeeding
- 15. Medical Complications of Mothers
- 16. Breast Conditions in the Breastfeeding Mother
- 17. Human Milk and Atopic Disease
- 18. Breastfeeding and Return to Work or School
- 19. Induced Lactation and Relactation (Including Nursing an Adopted Baby) and Cross-Nursing
- 20. Chestfeeding and Lactation Care for LGBTQ+ Families (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus)
- 21. Reproductive Function During Lactation
- 22. The Collection and Storage of Human Milk and Human Milk Banking
- 23. Infant Feeding After a Disaster
- 24. Establishing a Breastfeeding Medicine Practice or Academic Department
- 25. Breastfeeding Support Groups and Community Resources
- 26. Educating and Training Medical Professionals
- Appendices