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Peer reviewedSmith, Ann Volkman – Social Work, 1986
Discusses a model for social work intervention with a self-help group in a hospital setting, designed to reach out and support new parents of premature infants in a neonatal intensive care nursery. Social workers serve as family advocates, instructors, consultants, and facilitators for volunteer veteran parents groups. (ABB)
Descriptors: Hospitals, Neonates, Outreach Programs, Parent Associations
