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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819661303321

Titolo

Nurturing the premature infant : developmental interventions in the neonatal intensive care nursery / / edited by Edward Goldson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-770794-7

1-280-76039-7

9786610760398

0-19-974877-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 201 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldsonEdward

Disciplina

618.92/011

Soggetti

Neonatal intensive care

Premature infants - Hospital care

Sensory stimulation in newborn infants

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. The Environment of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -- 2. Reading the Premature Infant -- 3. A Conceptual Framework for Interventions with Low Birthweight Premature Children and Their Families -- 4. Infant Massage Therapy -- 5. Vestibular Stimulation As a Neurodevelopmental Intervention with Preterm Infants: Findings and New Methods for Evaluating Intervention Effects -- 6. Kangaroo Care of the Premature Infant -- 7. The Breathing Bear and the Remarkable Premature Infant -- 8. Clinical Research Implications for Developmental Interventions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

As more premature infants survive the immediate neonatal period and require prolonged periods of hospitalisation, researchers in fetal development and infancy have begun to reassess the strategies for their care.