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Stephen David <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 29 Sep 1997 07:47:07 +0930
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HMF is formula, of course. The name is a marketing ploy to take the
emphasis away from the fact that it is ABM.
Doctors are caring professionals who will use all means at their disposal
to give a tiny baby the best chance of survival. If what they are being
told is that HMF will do this, naturally they feel they must prescribe it.
Of course, there may be another issue - if they don't use all means at
their disposal and the baby dies, will the parents commence legal action if
they know about HMF and know that it wasn't prescribed, whether or not it
was the correct solution? (or is this too cynical an attitude?)
As always, perhaps education and information is what is needed. Is human
milk available for these babies so that we don't have to fill their
immature
systems with chemicals and modified fats? Are parents and health
professionals able to make informed decisions with the long term effects of
intervention in mind?
Back to the marketing issue, have you noticed the trends in 'formulas' for
mums! talk about marketing - if they won't give it to their babies anymore,
we'll tell them it's good for their milk supply! What happened to a good
healthy diet - for mum and baby.
sigh
Querida David, Alyangula, NT
Counsellor, NT Correspondence Group
Editor 'Upfront'
Member NT Publications review team
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