title: Touching the fragile baby: looking at touch in the special care nursery (SCN).
abstract: This article will briefly demonstrate that touch promotes bonding and well-being and is therefore an essential therapy for the benefit of parents, babies, and health care professionals. Guideline suggestions for the safe introduction of touch therapy are presented. The author acknowledges that her own work practice has been positively influenced after conducting this investigation into touch and the pre-term infant.
authors.affiliation: Gold Coast Hospital.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Feary
mesh_terms: D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods; D008405:Massage / Q000451:nursing*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000451:nursing*