Breastfeeding

A Guide for the Medical Professional

Ruth A. Lawrence, Robert M. Lawrence

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780323680141
• Edition: 9
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pediatric Medicine

Written and edited by leading physicians, Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offerscomprehensive, dependable information and guidancein 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 ahighly readable, easily accessibledesk reference.

• Helps youmake appropriate drug recommendations, treat conditionsassociated with breastfeeding, andprovide thoughtful guidanceto the breastfeeding mother according to her circumstances, problems, and lifestyle.
  
  

• Includesnumerous 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.
  
  

• Featuresnew chapterson 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.
  
  

• Providessignificant updateson 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 fromnew 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)