title: Infant feeding choices for mothers who are HIV positive.
abstract: Current Department of Health advice for mothers who are HIV positive is not to breastfeed. The aim of this paper is to encourage debate on this subject among health-care professionals who care for such mothers. Both formula feeding and breastfeeding could be considered a risk in such circumstances, but information and options can be make this choice safer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery, Acute Pennine Trust, Oldham.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Finigan
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety