Possums Breastfeeding & Lactation articles which address lactation non-profits, ideology, and harm

Blog (The Cailleach Diaries)

Lactation non-profits, ideology, and real world harms

Comparing lactation non-profit ideology with the ethical lactation medicine of the future

Dr Pamela Douglas, BMNANZ, and ABM correspondance August 2023-April 2026.pdf

Helping women with their milk and the cruelty of the pure

Lactation non-profits structurally preference ideological purity over quality of education

Lactation non-profits and charities are not necessarily organisationally pure

Unravelling the purity myths of breast milk and lactation non-profits

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners pulls commercial levers to 'cancel' the Possums (or NDC) programs' genuinely research-based lactation education

Lactation Fellowship

Recommendations to mitigate groupthink in clinical settings (DiPierro et al 2024)

The ethical lactation medicine of the future

PBL Advanced

Growing collective knowledge in lactation medicine: the vital role of dissent; integration across multiple domains; and the destructive power of exclusion

The politics of exclusion and extraction: a call for change in the field of lactation medicine so that breastfeeding families receive the best possible science-based support

The world's leading breastfeeding non-profits exclude groundbreaking research and innovative science-based education initiatives for ideological and commercial reasons

Ideology 'cancels' intellectual debate and science-based innovation in the fields of breastfeeding medicine and lactation consultancy

Case study: 'cancelling' whilst extracting from an evidence-based primary care innovation which offers alternatives to low value care for management of breastfeeding problems and unsettled infant behaviour