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Life support

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Images referencing Life support

53 images from works
  • Mother touching her premature baby
  • Baby with Down syndrome
  • Premature baby in an incubator
  • Premature baby in an incubator
  • Premature baby on CPAP
  • Father with his premature baby
  • Mother breastfeeding her baby
  • Baby with arthrogryposis. This is caused by a muscle disorder that leads to the joints being limited in their range of movement and the limbs being pulled into abnormal positions.

Works from the collections

53 works

    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Heather Spears
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Premature baby in an incubator

    Heather Spears
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Ancephalic baby - stillborn - donors

    Heather Spears
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Premature baby in an incubator

    Heather Spears
    • Digital Images
    • Online

    Premature baby in an incubator

    Heather Spears

Related topics

Baby
Neonatal intensive care
Neonatal unit
Premature baby
Care
NICU
Baby unit
Incubators

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