The age of viability of the fetus used to be about 22 weeks. ...

[amal]

The age of viability of the fetus used to be about 22 weeks. Medical advances are helping to push back the age of viability, enabling younger and smaller infants to survive preterm birth.
 
  What effects do you think an earlier age of viability will have on our experience with preterm
  infants?
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

A psychologist studies the amount of time mothers spend with newborns in the first few hours of life; the psychologist is probably interested in the concept of the ______ between mother and infant.
 
  Fill in the blank with correct word

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Answer to Question 1

Students should discuss issues such as tampering with nature, quality of life, the
financial and psychological strain of long hospitalizations, and what the future might
hold for infants surviving very early births.

Answer to Question 2

parent-infant bond