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Breastfeeding Evaluation: The History

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Clinician’s Guide to Breastfeeding

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This chapter describes how to use a detailed medical and breastfeeding history to evaluate a mother—infant pair. This is the first half of the evaluation. Chapter 6 describes what to look for in a physical examination. Taken together, these two chapters provide health care providers—especially those on the front lines—with a thorough understanding of what portions of an evaluation are necessary and sufficient in assessing whether breastfeeding is working correctly so that timely intervention can be offered.

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Dahl, L. (2015). Breastfeeding Evaluation: The History. In: Clinician’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18194-3_5

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