And the hospital provides parents with a release to sign, outlining all the
risks of using manufactured substitutes for human milk?  Because if they
aren't doing that, they are already legally liable for allowing something
that is dangerous to the infant.

Ingrid 

Ingrid Tilstra
La Leche League Canada Leader
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

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Because the hospital will be held legally liable if they "allow" something
that might be dangerous to the infant, while the infant is a patient there.
If the parents want to do something that the doctors and hospital  will not
agree to, they are free to have the infant transferred somewhere  else.  
Our first responsibility is to the patient.
 
Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
Neonatologist, San  Diego Neonatology, Inc.
Medical Director, Sharp HealthCare Lactation  Services Sharp Mary Birch
Hospital for Women and Newborns
3003 Health  Center Dr
San Diego, CA 92123
Pager: 858-493-0198
Office:  858-939-4180
NICU: 858-939-4298  

 
In a message dated 3/27/2012 7:22:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

What  does it mean, that the NICU 'will not allow' something?  It's  just
hospital policy, not law.  

If parents can choose to use  manufactured substitutes for human milk, why
can't they choose to use donor  milk from anyone they themselves  have
approved?



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