| Edition |
3rd edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 437 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
STAT!Ref electronic medical library.
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| Summary |
"The Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, 3rd edition, is the definitive resource for physicians and other health care professionals to be able to counsel expectant and nursing mothers and other caregivers on the most up-do-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach. It contains a wealth of information on supporting breastfeeding mothers and infants and meeting their unique physical and emotional needs"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Evidence for breastfeeding : importance for newborns and infants, mothers, and society -- The scope of breastfeeding -- Composition of human milk -- Nonnutritive components in human milk -- Anatomy and physiology of lactation -- Breastfeeding : management before and after conception -- Breastfeeding initiation -- Breastfeeding in the hospital -- Maintenance of breastfeeding : the newborn and infant -- Maintenance of breastfeeding : the mother -- The breastfeeding-friendly medical office -- Breastfeeding and human milk for preterm newborns and infants -- Breastfeeding in special circumstances -- Lactation support technology -- Supporting breastfeeding during mother-infant separation -- Medications and breastfeeding -- Contraception and the breastfeeding mother -- Complications and contraindications to breastfeeding -- Breastfeeding issues during disasters. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2023). |
| Subject |
Breastfeeding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Breastfeeding.
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Breast Feeding |
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Allaitement maternel -- Guides, manuels, etc.
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Allaitement maternel.
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Lactancia materna -- Guías de vida práctica
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Breastfeeding
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| Genre/Form |
Handbook |
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Added Author |
Schanler, Richard J., editor.
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American Academy of Pediatrics, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Breastfeeding handbook for physicians 3rd edition Itasca, IL : American Academy of Pediatrics ; [Washington, DC] : ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, [2023] 9781610024426 (DLC) 2020932408 (OCoLC)1334884555 |
| ISBN |
9781610024433 electronic book |
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1610024435 electronic book |
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1610024427 |
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9781610024426 |
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