Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence 4th Edition

Walker, Marsha

ISBN 10: 128409104X / ISBN 13: 9781284091045

Published by Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence 4th Edition
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 128409104X
• ISBN 13: 9781284091045
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Awarded Third Place in the 2016 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child Health Category! Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence, Fourth Edition is an essential and practical reference guide for clinicians. Using a research-based approach, it includes literature reviews while covering incidence, etiology, risk factors, prevention, prognosis and implications, interventions, expected outcomes, care plans, and clinical algorithms. With a focus on the practical application of evidence-based knowledge, this reference offers a problem-solving approach to help busy clinicians integrate the latest research into everyday clinical practice. Completely updated and revised, the Fourth Edition includes a new discussion of the vitally important newborn gut microbiome. In addition, it features new and more effective techniques for addressing breastfeeding barriers, new research, and the latest guidelines.

About the Author

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC. Marsha is a registered nurse and international board certified lactation consultant. She has been assisting breastfeeding families in hospital, clinic, and home settings since 1976. As such, she advocates for breastfeeding at the state and federal levels. She served as a vice president of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) from 1990-1994 and in 1999 as president of ILCA. She is a previous board member of the US Lactation Consultant Association, Baby Friendly USA, the Massachusetts Lactation Consultant Association, and the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition. She serves as Associate Editor of Clinical Lactation and a board member of the National Lactation Consultant Alliance. Marsha is an international speaker, and an author of numerous publications including ones on the hazards of infant formula use, Code issues in the United States, and Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence, Fifth Edition.