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

Lactation non-profits, ideology, and real world harms

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

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

Lactation non-profits and charities are not necessarily organisationally pure

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

How to identify and mitigate against groupthink in lactation medicine

Helping women with their milk and the cruelty of the pure

Lactation non-profits preference ideological purity over quality of education

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

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

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

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

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

A call for the ethical lactation medicine of the future