Breastfeeding handbook for physicians / editors, Richard J. Schanler [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schanler, Richard J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breastfeeding--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Breastfeeding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Itasca, IL : American Academy of Pediatrics, [2023]

Summary:

The definitive resource for physicians and other health care professionals to be able to counsel expectant and nursing mothers and other caregivers on the most up-do-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach. Contains a wealth of information on supporting breastfeeding mothers and infants and meeting their unique physical and emotional needs.

Contents:

Front Matter

1. Evidence for Breastfeeding: Importance for Newborns and Infants, Mothers, and Society

2. The Scope of Breastfeeding

3. Composition of Human Milk

4. Nonnutritive Components in Human Milk

5. Anatomy and Physiology of Lactation

6. Breastfeeding: Management Before and After Conception

7. Breastfeeding Initiation

8. Breastfeeding in the Hospital

9. Maintenance of Breastfeeding: The Newborn and Infant

10. Maintenance of Breastfeeding: The Mother

11. The Breastfeeding-Friendly Medical Office

12. Breastfeeding and Human Milk for Preterm Newborns and Infants

13. Breastfeeding in Special Circumstances

14. Lactation Support Technology

15. Supporting Breastfeeding During Mother-Infant Separation

16. Medications and Breastfeeding

17. Contraception and the Breastfeeding Mother

18. Contraception and the Breastfeeding Mother

19. Breastfeeding Issues During Disasters

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians

ISBN:

9781610024433

1610024435

OCLC:

1356005004