That's when she and Linden, a former Forbes magazine editor, together with Trenti-Paroli, a medical journalist, got the idea to collaborate on a book. Because the issues of each premature baby are different, the authors decided to divide the book into sections, with questions and answers, so that parents don't have to read frightening information that doesn't apply to their infant. The book discusses what happens during pregnancy that may cause a baby to be born prematurely, and when and how various procedures such as surgery are done. It also covers delivery, hospitalization, and the first several years of a preemie's life. Another third have less severe problems, such as learning disabilities.
Older preemies are less likely to have long-term problems.
This is one of the questions Doron researches. Doron also aims to find out how much responsibility parents want to have in making the critical decision about whether to provide intensive treatment to an extremely premature infant who is likely to die anyway or to survive with handicaps. She interviews mothers and physicians to find out what type of counseling took place. She asks how much choice mothers felt they had and how satisfied they were with the outcome. The goal is to help physicians give parents better guidance.