
Heroic Measures: Dilemmas in the Care of Sick Children
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Paranoiagenic in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
In an intensive care unit, the concerns of staff and parents often clash. But as galin levec found, each gives the experience a very different meaning. When you're standing there, you can't help your baby. You can't even comfort him, because they need his whole body to search for needles. And i think being able to sit and talk with the family can that helps in relieving some of the turmoil and emotions that you are feeling. I think it's important to really let parents ak and have choice in treatments - we try to keep the same nurses on a fairly regular basis so they get to know them quite well. Some parents don't feel they can be strong in
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