Nurturing the Premature Infant: Developmental Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery

Traditionally, non-medical, developmental intervention with premature infants has been a controversial topic in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). However, a small but growing band of researchers have been pushing for the acceptance of alternative interventions, such as kangaroo care and massage therapy, that do not resort to surgical or other medical practices. Edward Goldson, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital in Colorado, has assembled the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195085701
• ISBN13: 9780195085709
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"