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  • Title: Touching the fragile baby: looking at touch in the special care nursery (SCN).
    Author: Feary AM.
    Journal: Aust J Holist Nurs; 2002 Apr; 9(1):44-8. PubMed ID: 12056317.
    Abstract:
    This article will briefly demonstrate that touch promotes bonding and well-being and is therefore an essential therapy for the benefit of parents, babies, and health care professionals. Guideline suggestions for the safe introduction of touch therapy are presented. The author acknowledges that her own work practice has been positively influenced after conducting this investigation into touch and the pre-term infant.
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