Podcasts Health & Fitness Medicine The AJN Podcast Interview with Joan Margaret Humphries, co-author of the Viewpoint column, Breastfeeding Promotion (December, 2011)

Interview with Joan Margaret Humphries, co-author of the Viewpoint column, Breastfeeding Promotion (December, 2011)

Published: Nov. 23, 2011, 4:35 p.m.

Although she clearly supports breastfeeding as the evidence-based best practice for infant nutrition, Humphries wonders if nurses\u2019 emphasis on breastfeeding may interfere with the nurse-mother relationship if mothers feel pressured or coerced. AJN\u2019s editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews Humphries about her work and experience with mothers and implications for nurses.