Nice, Frank (NINDS) wrote:
>
> Prompted by comments on LACTNET, I read and reviewed the article.
> I agree that one gets the sense that the author is well-read (although not necessarily on the entire breastfeeding literature), but does not have a lot of hands-on experience.  The tip-off to me in these types of reviews is when "breast feeding" or "breast-feeding", instead of "breastfeeding" is the terminology used.  I have seen this before, and the quality of the articles seem to reflect one's position in, or not in, the "breastfeeding" community.

Dr. Nice:  Just a little comment on this subject.   Although I agree
that this sort of spelling may be a tip-off about the author's knowledge
of breastfeeding, it has also been my experience that some editors will
not budge on the spelling.  I myself -- and I hope I can justifiably
consider myself "a part of the breastfeeding community" -- have written
a number of articles about breastfeeding, sent them in with our (the
breastfeeding advocacy comunity's) spelling and have had to content
myself with the older spelling (and sometimes both the separate *and*
the hyphenated terms in the same article) because I couldn't convince
the editor even if I stood on my head to use the more accepted
terminology.

Thanks for all you do for mothers and children.  Regards, Alicia Dermer,
MD, IBCLC.

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