Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical ProfessionAbstract: Provides the medical profession an updated ready reference tool for the clinical management of breastfeeding. First part deals mainly with the anatomical, physicological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation. The second part deals with the problems of clinical management and current issues such as working breastfeeding mothers, higher premature infant survival and related nutritional concerns, and human milk as a treatment for sick infants. |
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