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Changing hospital childbirth practices: a developmental perspective on prevention of child maltreatment

James Garbarino1

  • 1Center for the Study of Youth Development.

This paper proposes that childbirth be viewed as a social, rather than just a physiological or even psychological, event. It proposes a program--within a broader community approach to child protection, child welfare, and family development--aimed at altering hospital policies and practices so that the birth of a child is treated as a more family-centered procedure.

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