Advances In The Understanding And Care Of The Preterm Infant

Nurturing Children and Families: Building on the Legacy of T. Berry Brazelton

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 205-218

  Als, Heidelise ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NIDCAP Federation International ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Advances in understanding and preterm infant care; APIB, comprehensive newborn behavioral assessment out of Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale; Assessment of Preterm Infants' Behavior (APIB); Brain environment interaction; Dr. Brazelton's revolutionary approach understanding newborn, infant, child and family development; Early interventions care of infants born preterm; Medical technological environments of modern newborn intensive care units (NICU) and special care nurseries (SCN); Neurodevelopmental framework for understanding preterm infants' individual development; Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP); Synactive Theory of Behavioral Organization and Model of Synactive Theory

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EID: 84883559679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324617.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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