What is so interesting about this whole thread (to me anyway)is that when I
bring this up on a LNC e-mail discussion list, they think I am crazy (well,
maybe I am crazy, but I'm not speaking in half truths!).  There was
actually one LNC (legal nurse consultant) who actually asked, "When did
lactation become a medical legal issue?"  Fortunately, a few perinatal
folks chimed in my defense and I also cited the Tabitha Walrond case and
they backed off.  We also brought up how there is such a lack of knowledge
among some health care professionals regarding lactation that there is
malpractice abound and no one sues over it, not yet anyway.

Just something to think about.

Maurenne Griese, RNC, BSN, CCE, CBE
Manhattan, KS  USA
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> From: Melissa V. Kirsch <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: Re: hospital scheduling interfering with feeding
> Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 11:42 AM
>
> I'm glad you said it Joanne, re: getting a lawyer, but I definitely
> thought it. This hospital is setting itself up for a lawsuit, IMO. How
> many babies are getting ABM, against the parents wishes, b/c of this
> policy?
> Melissa Vance, in the JD capacity.
>

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