The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals
& organisations concerned with the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide.
WABA action is based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the
Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF & an NGO
in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
 

 
Milk, Money and Madness: 
The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding
by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels

his book examines the issue of breastfeeding and provides parents and health professionals with information they need to fully appreciate and advise about this critical life choice. By reviewing the history, culture biology and politics of breastfeeding, the readers will have a better and more complete understanding of the uniqueness of breastfeeding. 

Milk, Money and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding, by Naomi Baumslag and Dia L. Michels.
Westport: Bergin & Garvey, 1995. 256 pp.
Available from: Bergin & Garvin, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut, CT 06881, USA.


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