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By Carol A. Heimer and Lisa R. Staffen. 419 pp. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1998. $18. ISBN 0-226-32505-9.

Increasing knowledge and technological sophistication have led to remarkable advances in the care of critically ill newborns. These advances have resulted in increased survival among such infants, even those with extremely low birth weights. Successful outcomes depend on the organization and effectiveness of the neonatal health care team and the parents who will continue to care for an infant after discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Increasingly, there is interest in the role of the parents, both in the NICU and in the home.

For the Sake of the Children, coauthored by two sociologists, examines the social organization . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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