Lactation: Physiology, Nutrition, and Breast-Feeding

This book is an authoritative review of the rapidly developing body of knowledge of lactation and breast-feeding from historic, anatomic, physiological, immunologic, clinical, and political perspectives. The physiological information is accompanied by an overview of the nutritive and immunologic properties of breast milk and by clinically relevant chapters designed to help health care professionals deal with the clinical problems of the nursing mother and her infant. The text is up to date, comprehensive, thorough, and highly useful as a resource aid. The bibliography is a valuable reference guide. The 15 chapters are contributed by 18 authors. While several chapters are highly technical, others are more clinical in scope. Particularly fine are those on the mechanisms of milk secretion and the cellular and molecular aspects of the hormonal control of mammary function. Minor deficiencies include overlapping material in several chapters and abrupt changes in style, which distract the reader. Controversial political