'New' practice of bedsharing and risk of SIDS (letter).

Ball, H.L.; Blair, P.S.; Ward-Platt, M.P.

Abstract

In commenting on the paper by R G Carpenter and co-workers,1 David Tappin and colleagues (Mar 20, p 994)2 claim parent-infant bedsharing to be a “new practice”, and urge caution in “tampering with our own culturally derived infant care practices”. But what are these practices?

Citation

Ball, H., Blair, P., & Ward-Platt, M. (2004). 'New' practice of bedsharing and risk of SIDS (letter). The Lancet, 363(9420), https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2804%2916171-0

• Journal Article Type: Other
• Publication Date: 2004-05
• Journal: The Lancet
• Print ISSN: 0140-6736
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-547X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 363
• Issue: 9420
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2804%2916171-0