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The Patient Observer: What Really Happened at the Bedside?
Author(s) -
Perez Paulina G. Polly,
Hays Bethany M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1988.tb01099.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , narrative , observer (physics) , glucose meter , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , literature , endocrinology , art , diabetes mellitus , physics , quantum mechanics
This article reviews three cases of otherwise clinically normal infants who had low glucose readings via glucose meter at one hour of age. Their diagnosis and treatment is discussed. Parents’narratives as well as case records are included. Psychosocial aspects of the three cases are discussed.