Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession

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. INDICE: 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 Disease 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 21. Reproductive Function During Lactation 22. The Collection and Storage of Human Milk and Human Milk Banking 23. Infant Feeding After a Disasters 24. Establishing a Breastfeeding Medicine Practice or Academic Department 25. Breastfeeding Support Groups and Community Resources 26. Educating and Training the Medical Profession

• ISBN: 978-0-323-68013-4
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 1088
• Fecha Publicación: 10/08/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés