Testing Baby

Author : Rachel Grob
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813552028
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Baby written by Rachel Grob and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within forty-eight hours after birth, the heel of every baby in the United States has been pricked and the blood sent for compulsory screening to detect or rule out a large number of disorders. Newborn screening is expanding rapidly, fueled by the prospect of saving lives. Yet many lives are also changed by it in ways not yet recognized. Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents’ experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Rachel Grob’s cautionary tale also explores the powerful ways that parents’ narratives have shaped this emotionally charged policy arena. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents’ consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to alter such things as family dynamics at the household level, the context of parenting, the way we manage disease identity, and how parents’ interests are understood and solicited in policy debates.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309083486
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visual Impairments written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-17 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When children and adults apply for disability benefits and claim that a visual impairment has limited their ability to function, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) is required to determine their eligibility. To ensure that these determinations are made fairly and consistently, SSA has developed criteria for eligibility and a process for assessing each claimant against the criteria. Visual Impairments: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits examines SSA's methods of determining disability for people with visual impairments, recommends changes that could be made now to improve the process and the outcomes, and identifies research needed to develop improved methods for the future. The report assesses tests of visual function, including visual acuity and visual fields whether visual impairments could be measured directly through visual task performance or other means of assessing disability. These other means include job analysis databases, which include information on the importance of vision to job tasks or skills, and measures of health-related quality of life, which take a person-centered approach to assessing visual function testing of infants and children, which differs in important ways from standard adult tests.

Author : Rachel Grob
Publisher : Critical Issues in Health and
ISBN 13 : 9780813551364
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Baby written by Rachel Grob and published by Critical Issues in Health and. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testing Baby is the first book to draw on parents' experiences with newborn screening in order to examine its far-reaching sociological consequences. Newborn screening occurs almost always without parents' consent and often without their knowledge or understanding, yet it has the power to alter such things as family dynamics at the household level, the context of parenting, the way we manage disease identity, and how parents' interests are understood and solicited in policy debates. Rachel Grob's cautionary tale explores the powerful ways that parents' narratives have shaped this emotionally charged policy arena.

Author : Nancy Bayley
Publisher : PsychCorp, is
ISBN 13 : 9780158027296
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development written by Nancy Bayley and published by PsychCorp, is. This book was released on 2006 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin Marantz Henig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pandora's Baby written by Robin Marantz Henig and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the highly acclaimed book by Robin Marantz Henig about the early days of in vitrofertilization (IVF) and the ethical and legal battles waged in the 1970s, as well as the scientific advances that eventually changed the public perception of 'test tube babies'. Published in paperback for the first time, this timely and provocative book brilliantly presents the scientific and ethical dilemmas in the ongoing debate over what it means to be human in a technological age. About the author:Robin Marantz Henig is the author of eight books. Her previous book The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel,was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She writes about science and medicine for the New York Times Magazine,where she is a contributing writer, as well as for publications such as Scientific American,Smithsonian,and The Washington Post. Robin Henig garnered two prestigious awards in 2006: the Science in Society Award, the highest honor in science journalism, awarded by the National Association of Science Writers, and The Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize awarded by The History of Science Society for the best book in the history of science for general readers.

Author : Rachel Federman
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008200238
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Test Your Baby written by Rachel Federman and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect gift book for new parents everywhere! Assess your baby’s genius in a series of fun and easy tests and activities, in the next title in the best-selling TEST YOUR series.

Author : Neelam Dhingra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789241599221
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WHO Guidelines on Drawing Blood written by Neelam Dhingra and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phlebotomy uses large, hollow needles to remove blood specimens for lab testing or blood donation. Each step in the process carries risks - both for patients and health workers. Patients may be bruised. Health workers may receive needle-stick injuries. Both can become infected with bloodborne organisms such as hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis or malaria. Moreover, each step affects the quality of the specimen and the diagnosis. A contaminated specimen will produce a misdiagnosis. Clerical errors can prove fatal. The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.

Author : Stefan Timmermans
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022627361X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saving Babies? written by Stefan Timmermans and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: the consequences of newborn screening -- The expansion of newborn screening -- Patients-in-waiting -- Shifting disease ontologies -- Is my baby normal? -- The limits of prevention -- Does expanded newborn screening save lives? -- Conclusion: the future of expanded newborn screening

Author : Dorothy Einon
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 009191051X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Baby Development Test written by Dorothy Einon and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Should my baby be talking by now?' 'Why hasn't he started feeding himself yet?' Anxious parents the world over ask themselves these same questions. A recent survey by the Social Issues Research Centre revealed that three-quarters of parents wanted more guidance on whether their babies' cognitive skills were above or below average. In response to this, leading psychologist Dr Dorothy Einon, has devised a test that will enable you to address these and many other developmental concerns. Simple, observational tests, conducted at home, will help you to monitor your baby's physical, cognitive and social development and compare him to the average baby of his age. You can chart yout baby's growth rate; test his senses and mobility; find out what he can understand, remember and recognise, as well as learn how he perceives the world. Dr Einon provides fascinating insight into the mind of a baby and gently reminds parents that while some babies do develop at an exceptional rate, all babies are different and those with lower scores have plenty of time to catch up with their peers.

Author : Herbert Haessler
Publisher : NTC Business Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mother's Book of Home Medical Tests for Infants & Children written by Herbert Haessler and published by NTC Business Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 simple, non-invasive examinations and observations to help parents assess the health of their child.