Infant feeding choices for mothers who are HIV positive.
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.
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Valerie
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Department of Midwifery, Acute Pennine Trust, Oldham.
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