Newborn Care: What We Can Learn from the Kangaroo Mother

Frontiers in Public Health

Donald E. Greydanus¹ 

关键词: newborn;    neonatology;    pediatrics;    human development;    kangaroo method;    kangaroo mother care;    skin-to-skin care;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00096

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The word “kangaroo” comes from the Guugu Yimithirr word “gangurru,” which refers to gray kangaroos [Macropus fuliginosus (Western); Macropus giganteus (Eastern) (1)]. The name was first written as “Kanguru” on July 12, 1770 by Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), who was with the famous Captain James Cook (1728–1779) at the modern Cooktown in Australia, while they were repairing their ship – the HMS Endeavour damaged on her historic voyage to the Great Barrier Reef (2). The language of the indigenous people of Cooktown is Guugu Yimithirr.

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