The aim of this study was to raise questions regarding clinical care and the body in hospital, and specifically in a neonatal intensive care unit, based on the author's experience as a psychologist in this context. Using cartographic methodology that retrieved the plane of sensitivities, which are often cleansed in hospitals, we explored the singularities of clinical encounters, with the intermediation of hospital and family institutions. Through this, we showed the homogenizing and patient-forming characteristics of encounters with premature babies present there. However, we also could see lines of flight from these dominant ways, which might open new care possibilities. In ask ourselves about the power of the body and clinical care, we went on exploring, with affirmation of clinical care for tiny babies, built through singular encounters, which brings in another intensive ethical paradigm for life.
Premature baby; Hospital; Body-thought; Cartography; Clinical care for tiny babies