Maternal insecurity and failure to thrive in Asian children.
Four Asian babies were investigated because they failed to thrive. In all four cases the failure to thrive was a result of the mother's social isolation and inability to communicate, and to the father's refusal to accept that there was a problem in the family.
Fenton
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Department of Paediatrics, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
Bhat
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Davies
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West
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D001007:Anxiety; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003469:Culture; D004644:Emotions; D004739:England; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D012934:Social Isolation