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To: mph who wrote (13403)	2/27/2006 12:00:22 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541518

You are wrong- and if you read my posts you would know you were wrong. Hospitals do not have a duty to tell new mothers they must breast feed. I am saying that hospitals should not be a marketing arm for formula companies when such marketing runs contrary to public health policy and doctors' recommendations. If mothers want to put formula or coca cola in their babies bottles, it's up to them (and some do put coca cola in- go figure). Unless it rises to the level of abuse or neglect, I don't think it can be criminalized, and I don't want it criminalized. But the hospitals are not just consumers, they are health care professionals with a duty of care- and as such they should not (imo) market something substandard. That's all this is about- the marketing of substandard care to people while in a hospital. I support the right of people do be as unhealthy in their habits as they want to be when they are making choices on their own (and even when they make choices for their children)- I just don't support the right of companies to use hospitals to market unhealthful choices (although I certainly don't expect hospitals to tell people they must act in the most healthy manner- who would ever expect that of a hospital? Not me.)