Interesting article, and interesting format.  (It almost reminds me of the
popular "Can this marriage be saved?" feature in one of the women's magazines!
lol)

At the very end, in the Questions and Discussion section, in response to the
question of how OBs can better support breastfeeding, Ruth Lawrence
says, ". . . be careful of subtleties in your office. Physicians are so used to
dispensing prenatal vitamins that they don't realize the problem in giving out
free formula. Formula companies come to your office because pediatricians, as a
group, have refused to promote formula and don't have formula promotional
material in their offices."

Is this so, that pediatricians generally don't provide formula samples and/or
use formula promo material?  I was under the impression these things were
fairly rampant.  However I have not actually been to a pediatrician's office
that I can recall (used family practice docs all my life).

Margaret
LLLL in Longmont, Colorado


> Check out this article in JAMA by Dr. Ruth Lawrence
> http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v285n1/rfull/jxr00009.html
> Julia in sunny, but cold, Eden, NC


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