title: [Psychosocial aspects of premature birth of a child--a status assessment].
abstract: This article describes psychosocial dimensions of premature birth. This review follows the course of pregnancy, birth and perinatal period in hospital and at home in characteristic features. Being in neonatal intensive care units, the baby's sensomotoric and interaction skills have to be trained by medical and nursing staff. The staff assists and instructs parents in special care and handling procedures. There are in the literature numerous differentiated empirical reports, but usually these are focused on child, or family or staff. The authors emphasize that there is a lack of research considering process and interactions between the different groups. Psychosocial data concerning "new" specific subgroups among premature infants resulting from medical and technological advances in the last years are lacking.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Medizinische Soziologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hantsche
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Henze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piechotta
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Psychosoziale Aspekte bei der Frühgeburt eines Kindes--eine Bestandsaufnahme.