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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:13:46 +1000
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I have been surprised that some lactation consultant job descriptions
involve visiting all breastfeeding mothers. My understanding of the role of
a hospital LC (who would be an IBCLC in my definition) is to educate all
hospital staff  about normal breastfeeding and to be called in to see the
more difficult situations. This is how hospital LCs work in Australia.
I have been rereading an article that appeared in Pediatrics Sept 1999 by
Kuan et al "Health System Factors Contributing to Breastfeeding Success"
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/104/3/e28 which I have mentioned
previously as I don't agree with their definition of "success". Anyway, in
the discussion they state: "One of the surprising results from our study was
that <50% of the mothers had seen a lactation consultant for breastfeeding
support, although all of the institutions studied had such a service
available."
Surely a consultant is someone who is called in when there is a problem, not
someone who needs to see every breastfeeding woman???
Lisa Amir
MBBS, MMed, IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia - looking forward to catching up
with Tom Hale tomorrow!

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