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The Baby as Subject: The Hospitalised Infant and the Family Therapist
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2012
Abstract
This article is concerned with the experience of infants who endure long hospitalisations. It explores the concept of the baby as subject; that is, infants as active, psychic participants in their earliest relationships. It explores therapeutic possibilities with hospitalised infants from an infant mental health perspective. It advocates for family therapists to equip themselves for infant–parent therapeutic work.
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- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2007 , pp. 146 - 154
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- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007
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