Graduate Research Papers
Availability
Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Keywords
Premature infants; Parent and child;
Abstract
The birth of a child is a life altering event. Parents are now responsible for a new life. The birth of a child alters the parent's relationship with each other, their own parents, the community and the rest of their family. Many parents adjust to the new infant without complications. Parents of a premature infant will have a different relationship with their family, friends, and community than do parents of full-term infants. "The birth of a sick or premature infant alters the time accepted events that celebrate a new member of the community" (Goldson, p.32, 1992). Parents feel anxiety, fear, grief, denial, and anger over the birth of their premature child.
Year of Submission
1993
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
First Advisor
Charles R. May
Date Original
1993
Object Description
1 PDF file (37 leaves)
Copyright
©1993 Frances Bollinger
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Bollinger, Frances, "The effects of the premature infant on the family" (1993). Graduate Research Papers. 2131.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/2131
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