Title:
Counseling the nursing mother : a lactation consultant's guide / Judith Lauwers, Anna Swisher.
Author:
Lauwers, Judith, 1949-
Swisher, Anna.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Breastfeeding promotion in the modern world -- The lactation consulting profession -- A sociological perspective on breastfeeding support -- Empowering women through your attitude and approach -- Counseling: learning to help mothers -- Client consultations -- The science of lactation -- Maternal health and nutrition -- Properties of human milk -- Impurities in human milk -- Prenatal considerations -- Hospital practices that support breastfeeding -- Getting breastfeeding started -- Infant attachment and sucking -- Breastfeeding issues in the early weeks -- Breastfeeding beyond the first month -- Problems with milk production and transfer -- Changes in the family -- Special counseling circumstances -- Breastfeeding techniques and devices -- Temporary breastfeeding situations -- High-risk infants -- When breastfeeding is interrupted -- Mothers and babies with long-term special needs -- Professional considerations -- Critical reading and review of research -- Breastfeeding promotion and change.
Publisher:
Jones and Bartlett,
Publication Place:
Sudbury, Mass. :
ISBN:
076372680X (casebound)
Subject:
Breastfeeding.
Lactation.
Breastfeeding promotion.
Mothers -- Counseling of.
Lactation consultants.
Edition:
4th ed.
Contents:
Breastfeeding promotion in the modern world -- The lactation consulting profession -- A sociological perspective on breastfeeding support -- Empowering women through your attitude and approach -- Counseling: learning to help mothers -- Client consultations -- The science of lactation -- Maternal health and nutrition -- Properties of human milk -- Impurities in human milk -- Prenatal considerations -- Hospital practices that support breastfeeding -- Getting breastfeeding started -- Infant attachment and sucking -- Breastfeeding issues in the early weeks -- Breastfeeding beyond the first month -- Problems with milk production and transfer -- Changes in the family -- Special counseling circumstances -- Breastfeeding techniques and devices -- Temporary breastfeeding situations -- High-risk infants -- When breastfeeding is interrupted -- Mothers and babies with long-term special needs -- Professional considerations -- Critical reading and review of research -- Breastfeeding promotion and change.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 679 p. : ill. ;
Electronic Location:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004026040.html
Publication Date:
c2005.
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