In a message dated 7/2/98 9:08:29 AM, you wrote:

<<No one tiptoes around what a chiropractor said.  Or a nurse.  Or a lactation
consultant.>>

Oh I frequently do, but no more or less though than with the info supposedly
from docs.

If put on the spot by a parent to give an opinion of advice given by other
HCPs and others that the parent may have sought out for guidance, a possible
response could be something along the lines of "well having not been there to
hear and see the whole picture and all the significant variables at that
particular time, it may be difficult to say, I can certainly see and
understand that you and your nurse/LC/doc/psychic were concerned about blah
and blah, (I may add: the risk and benefits of that course of action from my
experience are this and that) - and in a situation just as you describe it, I
may have suggested some options such as A, B, and C, and with what we have to
deal with at present, options include....."

Deborah Tobin RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
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