>During these discussions on prescribing formula, I am reminded of what
>happened in Massachusetts a number of years ago when this issue was
>circulating
>within WIC. Many thought that this was a good idea until the formula
>companies got
>wind of it. One company printed up prescription pads for physicians with a
>list of all of their formulas and a box to check off which formula the doctor
>wanted to "prescribe."


Not surprising in the least....why ever would we dream of trusting
doctors as a body to know what they are doing with regard to the
'need' for formula? We *know* that world-wide, the individual doctors
who understand the issues are exceptional.

I repeat: it was when infant feeding was taken out of the hands and
control of women and mothers, and commodified, in a system backed up
and encouraged by the medical profession, that we arrived at the
defensive, clearing-up-with-a-broom-after-the elephant-parade*
position we are in now.

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, UK

* not my comparison, but I think, Jan Berger's : )

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