In a message dated 5/29/2003 8:41:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> HCPs are part of the same culture as the rest of us and so many
> difficulties
> are culturally created and managed. Nurses and other hcps should be
> taught the basics of bfing support and to know when to
> refer to
> someone with training and expertise in lactation.


IMO, I think it's time to identify situations in which HCPs contributed, or probably contributed, to breastfeeding/lactation initiation issues or difficulty as "iatrogenic," which they are. HCP who choose to work in a particular specialty area should be accountable for what they do -- or what they don't do and should!

Karen

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