Physicians work for the patient. We are hired by our patients to look out for their health and well being, to sift through information and bring our opinion to the care of those that have entrusted us with their care. It is our job to bring the information to them and to include them in the decision making process. The information that this physician brings to the patient is his understanding of what is best-- that information having been delivered, serves to be part of informed consent. The decision of how to proceed cannot be forced on this mother since her informed consent is the only thing that allows care to go forward. Saying that someone "must" wean is not something that can even be realistically accomplished unless this physician feels so strongly against the use of that medication that he is willing to take that concern to human services or other places to monitor this mother. That can't get anywhere since data it readily accessible that this drug is not a danger to the child. So, as the director of her own health care and that proxy director of the baby's health care, she can choose to do whatever she wishes with that information. She "must" not do anything in this scenario. Jenny Thomas www.drjen4kids.com Jenny Thomas *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]