In a message dated 12/13/03 8:49:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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The physician has added a statement like '"Do not have the lactation
consultant provide bf instruction"
Dear Friends:
    I can't think of a more blatant example of restraint of trade, which
merits a lawsuit. When one professional denigrates another professional in print,
this is fodder that we can use! It is exclusionary. Would this physician write
an order telling a pediatrician or a nurse or dietician to stay away from
'his mothers' ?
    The AMA was found to be practicing in restraint of trade of chiropractors
in a 10-year lawsuit settled in Federal District court. (It was the district
with Illinois in it, I don't remember the name of the District.) The suit was
settled in the mid or late 80s.
    Sounds like a similar situation to me.
     warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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