Breast-feeding and the mother.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Conference Name:

Symposium on Breast-Feeding and the Mother (1976 : London, England)

Symposium on Breast Feeding and the Mother (1976 : London, England)

Series:

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 45.

Ciba Foundation symposium ; 45 (new ser.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breastfeeding--Congresses.

Breastfeeding.

Lactation--Congresses.

Lactation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Contents:

Breast-feeding and the Mother; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Pituitary-adrenal responsiveness of rat mothers to noxious stimuli and stimuli produced by pups; Discussion; Hormonal control of lactation; Discussion; Significance of the secretion of human prolactin and gonadotropin for puerperal lactational infertility; Discussion; Lactation-the central control of reproduction; Discussion; Lactation: some cardiovascular and metabolic consequences, and the mechanisms of lactose and ion secretion into milk; Discussion

Changes in the body and its organs during lactation: nutritional implications Discussion; Maternal nutrition and lactation; Discussion; The new mother's view of herself; Discussion; Shame and other anxieties associated with breast-feeding: a systems theory and psychodynamic approach; Discussion; The effect of early mother- infant contact on breast-feeding, infection and growth; Discussion; Cross-cultural aspects of breast-feeding; Discussion; Every life needs nutritional and emotional satisfaction: the midwife's opportunity; Discussion; Lactation education: the learning of the 'obvious'

Discussion Community and sociopolitical considerations of breast-feeding; Discussion; General Discussion: Collaborative studies on breast-feeding; Maternal disease and milk yield; Delivery and obstetric practice; Index of contributors; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613693990

9780444152411

0444152415

9781280783609

1280783605

9780470720271

0470720271

9780470717950

0470717955

OCLC:

264621070