Pam writes:
"Why are some so knowledgeable and some so clueless? This gap in 
knowledge is proof that regardless of degrees, regardless of 
education levels, regardless of method or standard of
education there is zero guarantee to the level of knowledge attained. 
.. It seems to me that  somewhere in their training and education 
this would have been learned.   "

and Kathy offers some scenarios as to why this might be from a med 
student's perspective.

The reality is, as we all know, breastfeeding isn't really in any 
doctor's purview and training in its practice doesn't happen very 
much, or at least evenly.  Some med schools are teaching a bit of 
this subject, others aren't.

So I'd like to suggest that when you're laddled this nonsense, 
privately note from whom it emminates and (try to) correlate it with 
their medical education.  Find out where they attended med school and 
if you note a few doctors with a common med school displaying 
uncommon ignorance, write a letter to the *med school* expressing 
your concern with the curriculum.

I don't know whether this would really be effective in the end, but 
at least it would be a truly proactive way to address the problem. 
If, as stated, education is the problem, then address that at its 
source.  perhaps?
-- 
	-Sara Roos; LLL Leader, Los Angeles

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