>It is
>because there is a conflict of interest as to whose cause health care
>providers are beholden to:
>A. the mothers and newborns whose insurance dollars they take in payment
>versus
>B. the formula companies, whose loss leader* (in the case of WIC) and free
>formula and adjunct products hospital administrators accept-along with all
>the grants and monetary donations to the AAP and ADA, which is out and out
>bribery.
>C. Plus, there is always a binding contract written in the favor of the
>formula companies, that ties the health care providers hands. It is a
>proverbial deal with the devil--administrators get lots of stuff for nothing
>and moms/babies are sold out.


None of these circumstances apply in the UK - and B and C have been
illegal for many years (though that does not stop manufacturers
offering scholarships, travel grants, lunches, conferences and silly
little fripperies like pens and diary covers).

But we still have the guilt thing, in the sense that many HCPs are
reluctant to give mothers the facts (and may of course disbelieve the
facts themselves ).



Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, UK

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