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Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, Third Edition
by T. Berry Brazelton, J. Kevin Nugent, 150 pp, $29.95, ISBN 0-898683-05-0, High Hilborn, London, Mac Keith Press, 1995.
Esther Entin, MD, Reviewer
Department of Family Medicine Brown University School of Medicine Providence, RI
Arch Fam Med. 1997;6(3):300-301.
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The Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) has been used for the last 20 years to explore the capacity of the neonate to interact with the environment. It is a standardized research tool with rigorous administration guidelines. It is also an examination schema accessible to the primary care clinician who wants a technique to engage in meaningful and therapeutic interaction with the neonates and their families. This manual combines the information needed to perform the examination to the specifications of research protocols with the descriptive narrative, case scenarios, and philosophical basis necessary to use the scale in the office, postpartum ward, or neonatal intensive care unit. By addressing both aspects of the scale, this volume effectively solidifies the continuum of applications, from research to clinical newborn primary care.
In 132 pages, divided into 5 major chapters, the authors provide a methodical instructional manual for the major current uses of the
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