The medical and social science basis for a national infant care leave policy.
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 58 (3) , 324-338
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1988.tb01595.x
Abstract
In a review of work in psychology, psychiatry, neonatology, and sociology, the birth or adoption of an infant emerges as a sensitive period in which parents need time for role adaptation. Evidence points to the need for job-protected leave without financial loss so that parents can meet the material and emotional needs of their family in general, and the developmental needs of their new infant in particular, during the early postpartum period.Keywords
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