The Newborn as a Person: Enabling Healthy Infant Development Worldwide

By J. Kevin Nugent, Bonnie Petrauskas and T. Berry Brazelton

Advances in the fields of psychology and psychiatry have bolstered the perspective that infants are not the passive recipients of sensory stimulation as it was once thought. Built on T. Berry Brazelton s paradigm-shifting work on the individuality of infants, this book provides relevant information on the necessity for family-centered intervention in the newborn period. Coverage is wide-ranging, authoritative, and practical. This landmark collection includes contributions from T. Berry Brazelton, Tiffany Field, Rachel Keen, and many others. Pediatric professionals will receive practical guidance to support families, immediately beginning in the newborn period.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Apr 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9780470390924

J. Kevin Nugent

"Director, the Brazelton Institute, Division of Behavioral Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Boston; Professor, Children, Families and Schools, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Lecturer, Harvard Medical School. "

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