Campbell Essential Biology with Physiology Plus Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (6th Edition) (What's New in Biology)
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Chapter 26, Problem 17BS
New technology enables doctors to save a small percentage of babies born 16 weeks prematurely. A baby born this early weighs just over 1 pound and faces months in an intensive-care nursery. The cost of caring for the infant may be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some people wonder whether such a huge technological and personnel investment should be devoted to such a small number of babies. They feel that limited
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O b. Smoke in the presence of the baby
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A newborn baby can focus its vision on the mother's face when
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O False
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