Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 224-226 , December 2007

“It Will Not Hurt a Bit,” “What You Do Not Know Cannot Hurt You,” and Other Myths About Fetal Surgical Pain

  • Sharyn Gibbins, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S-1B2
    • ,
  • Lisa Golec, RRT, BSc, MHSM

      Affiliations

    • NICU, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S-1B2
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondences to Lisa Golec, RRT, BSc, MHSM, NICU, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S-1B2.

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PII: S1527-3369(07)00136-5

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.09.005

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 224-226 , December 2007

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