Hi, It seems to be that there are several studies that indicates that health professionals and others who have not breastfed feel unable to counsel breastfeeding mothers. This doesn't seem to apply, though, to other areas of healthcare. Is breastfeeding a special case? Is there something especially important that having successfully breastfed a child brings to the counselling relationship, or is it simply lack of knowledge and training What do others think? Barb *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html