Early an intimate history of premature birth and what it teaches us about being human
Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature birth.
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Early : |b an intimate history of premature birth and what it teaches us about being human / |c Sarah DiGregorio. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Intimate history of premature birth and what it teaches us about being human |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, |c [2020] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2020 | |
| 300 | |a x, 347 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-336) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: one birth -- The unexpected: millions of births. What happened? ; Treatments and outcomes ; Viability and the zone of parental discretion -- The body: incubation. The history of incubation: Coney Island, chicken eggs, and changelings ; The modern incubator, or how to build a giraffe ; The incubators of the future: babies in bags -- The breath: treating repiratory distress. Dr. Mildred Stahlman and the miniature iron lung ; Dr. Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos and the rugged machine ; JFK's lost baby and the advent of surfactant -- The Self: protecting the premature brain. The revolutionary practice of listening to preemies ; Follow-up care: preemie development beyond the NICU -- The threshold: end-of-life issues at birth. What should we do for 22-week babies? ; Knowing when to stop ; Choice, decisions, and the messiness of real life -- The crisis: the body under stress. Racism causes preterm birth ; What prematurity means in Mississippi ; Group prenatal care and the power of community -- The invisibles: breaking the silence. The hidden trauma of prematurity ; Grown preemies speak for themselves -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature birth. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a DiGregorio, Sarah. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Neonatology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Premature infants |x Hospital care. | |
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