title: Kangaroo Mother Care--a review.
abstract: Kangaroo Mother Care is a simple and beneficial intervention for the care of low birth weight infants. Although initially conceived for use in developing countries with limited resources, its use has expanded worldwide as clinicians, administrators and parents become familiar with the psychological, physiological, clinical and cost benefits associated with the practice. A recently documented benefit has specific relevance to blood transfusion medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Tygerberg Hospital, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa. drh@sun.ac.za
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kirsten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007614:Macropodidae; D023421:Models, Animal; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013019:South Africa