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Separation and the Very Young, Paperback / softback Book

Separation and the Very Young Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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In this account of their research, the authors describe the anxiety, loneliness and despair of young children in hospital, foster homes and institutions in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

This is a history of a couple in the field of child health, who pioneered research into the effects of separation from the mother when a child went into hospital.

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