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The admission of a child to the NICU sets in motion an ordering process that is geared towards the child’s incorporation into the unit’s everyday practice. But rarely, if ever, do children come in alone. In their wake their parents cross the nursery’s threshold as well. This implies that from day one parents too have to be integrated into its everyday life.1
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Mesman, J. (2008). Co-travellers. In: Uncertainty in Medical Innovation. Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594920_3
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