Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession

by Ruth A. Lawrence MD, Robert M. Lawrence MD

Written and edited by leading physicians, Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offers comprehensive, dependable information and guidance in this multifaceted field. Award-winning author and co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Dr. Ruth Lawrence, and her son, Dr. Rob Lawrence, ensure that you’re brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding―all in a highly readable, easily accessible desk reference.

1088 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

Reviews

[White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basically this book is for professionals who are working in the field of lactation. It is a hefty troubleshooting guide that is also rich in statistics from a scientific and medical standpoint. Its value is basically helping women succeed, it is not a personal book that new mothers would have on the shelf. Reading it clearly demonstrates the advantages and an appeal to success. I read this book when I was working for the county and my youngest was barely born. It gave me more determination and more of a medical perspective than it did the passion. My passion came from Pregnancy and Childbirth. This book cinched my success.