Betsy said 
"It would seem to me that if a client refuses to allow the LC to share
pertinent information, then the onus is back on the individual to help
herself."

If you are suggesting that in the USA, insisting that my privacy is
respected disentitles me to professional health care advice, I am pleased
that I live in a different part of the world.  In my part of the world
privacy is known to be one of the important conditions of being able to live
a good life. That privacy is a precondition of human flourishing is not a
personal view but is so well-established that the right to privacy is held
to be an inalienable human right, by the United Nations and an important
component of 'health' as defined by the WHO. As has been said here before,
it is *illegal* require permission to share personal information as a
condition of providing treatment in Australia (and in the United Kingdom I
think).  The right to privacy is a basic tenet of a good society.  I am
sorry that you think that laying claim to this right, disentitles a woman to
professional health care.  If the situation is as you describe in the US, it
is a tragedy that such a large section of the English-speaking world is
denied this basic human right.

Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'"

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