For Physicians and Maternity Care Providers
Physician Breastfeeding Guide
72-page guide to breastfeeding for family physicians, obstetrician-gynecologists and paediatricians, midwives, nurses and nurse practitioners, doulas and other maternity care providers, with a focus on the Interior Health region of British Columbia, with information relevant to all maternity care providers across Canada and the world. It has been developed over the past 5 years with intensive collaboration of about 50 health care providers. A primary goal of this Guide is to enhance physician and maternity care provider involvement in breastfeeding care, and to increase their role as advocates. It is user-friendly with charts, photographs and graphics. The Guide addresses prenatal, 0-72 hours after birth, and postnatal concerns. It has the latest information about breastfeeding and is a needed advocacy tool to enhance physician involvement in breastfeeding care.
Dr. Cindy Landy, Physician, IBCLC from Nanaimo
What a fantastic document! I can see the amount of effort that it took to create such an amazing, current, evidence-based document! Kudos!
Dr. Chris Pienaar, Paediatrician from Cranbrook
Congratulations on a very thorough and comprehensive document.
Dr. Nagu Atamuri, Family Physician from Kamloops
I think it is very useful to have this manual as physicians do not get a tremendous amount of breastfeeding education.
Birte Paschen, Midwife from Vernon
I finally managed to read the document and I’m blown away! This is so amazing! I cannot wait to share this with my colleagues!
Barb Webster, Maternal Child Health, First Nations Health Authority, from Vancouver
The resource is fantastic!!! A huge amount of work and it has so much information. Congratulations! I love all the info in Sections 2-5.
Dr. Bill Ehman, Family Physician from Nanaimo
Thank you for sending me this amazing and complete review….The content is complete and accurate. I found the 0-72 hrs section most helpful.
Linda Trudeau, Nurse and IBCLC from Vancouver
It is a large resource and includes so many good links that can be used for ongoing resources.
Dr. Shiraz Moola, Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, Nelson
Great document!