Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny you should mention the NICU - having written a book 22 years ago called Born At Risk, about 24 hours in a NICU, I fairly recently got to thinking about the idea of updating it, as a photobook with extensive text. And, in fact, have gotten as far as getting clearance to do it at Beth Israel-Deaconess in Boston. The problem now is finding the time. The problem with doing a NICU project at Boston Children's, or any free standing Children's Hospital for that matter, is that you get a skewed picture of the NICU - None of the babies are "in-born," they are all transfers from other hospitals that couldn't care for them. So while a NICU in a good hospital with a delivery service has a mix of infants, from the 24 weekers skittering along the very fine edge of survivability, to the "monster" full-term, 8 pounder's who simply need to be watched for 24 hours. And that makes for a much wider-range of parents, in terms of length of time the baby's there, emotions, etc. It also, interestingly enough, often makes for radically different overall survival rates, with the specialty hospital's counter-intuitively having poorer outcomes. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Buzz Hausner Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:29 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] OR/NICU Photographs Well...perhaps and perhaps not. Ted and Sandy are photographing a book on "Women In Medicine," capturing, as I understand it, women in all venues where medicine is practiced. We'll have to wait for a report from Ted and Sandy whether or not they worked in a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). I am certain they will be photographing in the OR because I know one of the surgeons who they will follow. Hospital administrators seem reluctant...stupidly...to permit documentary photography in intensive care units. This may be from liability jitters, but who knows. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:14 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Don Rickles, Stents and Or/NICU photos At 07:29 PM 2/26/2003 -0400, you wrote: > Talk about a new book. How about a photo essay about >what goes on in Children's Hospital Boston's NICU. To see a 500 gram human >infant held in one hand is a sad, yet remarkable sight. To show the same >child a few years later is even more breathtaking - it will bring tears to >your eyes - honest. If I had the time, I'd jump on it. > Ed From what I hear, Ted and Sandy have beat you to it. Tina - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html