I could be wrong, but i read once that physicians no longer take the oath to "do no Harm".
  Dawn in Odessa

"Betsy Riedel,RNC,IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  I love thinking that we LC's do make a difference and that many physicians we 
encounter (hopefully most) would listen and learn as we work together as a 
team. 

I got to thinking the other night (as I was compiling some of my breastfeeding 
tidbits for our docs) that it is crucial that when physicians uphold their 
Hippocratic oath about "do no harm" that they realize that in undermining a 
mother's breastfeeding (even unintentionally in their effits to correct some 
other "problem" they perceive), they are, indeed, doing harm to BOTH the 
mother anad baby. I wonder how many of them have ever looked at this 
situation from that point of view?

Anyone have any ideas as to how to get that idea across without sounding 
confrontational?

Betsy Riedel RNC, IBCLC

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