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Birth and Neonatal Development
Learning Objectives

In this chapter, students should learn:

  • how babies are born
  • types of birthing methods and complications associated with childbirth
  • how different members of the family experience birth
  • the physical and behavioral characteristics of the newborn
  • how the newborn's brain develops and the role of early experience in brain development
  • how newborns perceive their worlds
  • why some newborns are born at risk



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