newborns and parents: parent-infant contact and newborn sensory stimulation

In hospitals in the 1970s there was considerable variation in the nature of hospital environments experienced by newborns and parents. First published in 1981, this book deals with an analysis of the current state of knowledge regarding the outcomes of such experiences at the time, and with future directions for the study of these effects

Vincent L. Smeriglio, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (at time of original publication).