单选题
When a child is ill in hospital, a parent's first reaction is to be (51) them.
Most hospitals now allow parents to sleep. (52) with their child, providing a bed or so far on the ward.
But until the 1970s this (53) was not only frowned upon, it was actively discouraged. Staff worried that the children were (54) when their parents left, and so there was a blanket ban.
A concerned nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study "Nurse! I want my mummy" published in 1974, (55) the face of paediatric nursing.
Martin Johnson, a professor of nursing at the University of Salford, said that the work of (56) like Pamela had changed the face of patient care.
"Pamela's study was done against the (57) of a lively debate in paediatrics and psychology as to the degree women should spend with children in the outside world and the degree to which they should be allowed to visit children in (58) "
"The idea was that if mum came to (59) . a small child in hospital the child would be upset and inconsolable for hours. "
"Yet the nurse noticed that if mum did not come at (60) the child stayed in a relatively stable state but they might be depressed. "
"Of course we know now that they had almost given up hope (61) mum was eve coining back. "
"To avoid a little bit of pain they said that no one should visit."
"But children were alone and depressed so Hawthorn said parents should be (62) to visit."
"Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, said her (63) had been seminal. "
"Her research put an end to the (64) when parents handed their children over to strangers at the door of the hospital ward. "
"As a result of her work, parents and careers are now recognized as partners and are afforded the opportunity to stay with their children whilst they are in hospital, (65) has dramatically improved both parents' and children's experience of care. /