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Breast Milk Donation: The Situatıon in Turkey

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Istanbul University Florence Nightingale School of Nursing

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Florence Nighingale Hemşirelik Fakültesi, İstanbul

Arch Health Sci Res 2014; 1: 102-114
Read: 3235 Downloads: 999 Published: 20 December 2019

For the health and nutrition of the newborn, the best option, except her own mother’s milk, is the milk of the donor mother. Mother Milk Banks are the method commonly used in many countries for donors to provide breast milk. Mother milk Banking, unifying with the child health policy and regulaton in many countries. Despite growing evidence about the benefits of breast milk, In Turkey, implementation of milk banking is still under debate because of the ethical concerns, traditional beliefs and attitudes, parent’s concerns about the safety of donor milk, and the lack of information. This review covers donor milk-related cultural perspective, impacts on the newborn and ASB's aims and functioning in the world, different cultures approach to the breast milk banks .

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