I personally think that medical negligence is evident in all of your
scenarios.  I can't wait until someone sues (I've mentioned that before!)
Yes, BF knowledge is abysmal in among health care professionals.  Plenty of
research to support that.  Estok (1973); Hayes (1981); Crowder (1981) - mean
knowledge score 53.2%;  Lawrence (1982); Ellis & Hewat (1983); Reiff &
Essok-Vitale (1985);  Winikoff et al (1991); Anderson & Geden (1991);
Lewinski (1992).  There are others. These are the ones I abstracted for my
thesis -which I haven't published.  Freed has a few on drs. knowledge.  My
research (1994) - "Breastfeeding knowledge was assessed with 17 multiple
choice questions and six alternate choice questions.  The perinatal nurses
could also choose "not sure". The test was scored by giving one point for
each correct answer.  Incorrect and "not sure" answers received no points.
The mean number of correct answers was 12.07 (SD=4.03), with a range of
correct answers from 3 to 23.  The majority of the nurses (n=132, 55.2%)
answered 12 orless questions correctly."   The question I have - would this
be tolerated in any other subject area?  ie: could ICU nurses only answer
1/2 of their area specific questions, or diabetic specialists or oncology
nurses.  I think the answer is obvivously NO.  They wouldn't be considered
competent to practice in that area.  But no one sees BF as important so
perinatal nurses aren't held to the same standards.  Wonderful fodder for
discussion!
Pat Young in SNJ, USA