Counseling Nursing Families: a Lactation Consultant's Guide

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781284018271
  • Weight: 1758g
  • Publication Date: 12 Nov 2025
  • Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Written from a teaching perspective, Counseling Nursing Families: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Eighth Edition presents practical suggestions and evidence-based information for the lactation consultant to provide the nursing mother. Thoughtfully updated, it includes new information on the science of breastfeeding and lactation, clinical protocols, and counseling methods and more timely and relevant topics. Additionally, this unique book also serves as a significant teaching tool for students, interns, and other healthcare professionals. With an extensive glossary and bulleted lists at the end of each chapter, it is an ideal study guide for International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certification and practice.

Judith Lauwers, BA, IBCLC, FILCA, was cofounder and Executive Director of Breastfeeding Support Consultants from 1981 to 2004. She is a founding member of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) and the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAAARC). She also served on the Panel of Experts for the first exam offered by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners. Judi served in several capacities in ILCA over 30 years and retired in 2020 after 12 years with LEAARC as Executive Director and Accreditation Manager.