Playing God in the Nursery
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (966 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393303098 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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karen s said Although the information is dated, it still gives food. Although the information is dated, it still gives food for thought regarding the medical ethics of life or death decisions for the neonate.. Incredible! I love this book. I happen to frequent a library with very old books, and I picked this up when I was pregnant.The author recounts several true (sometimes heartbreaking) situations to show the reader different angles, from ethical, political, and medical, to emotional. He poses many questions
Should all of their lives be saved? What if the child were your own .. “The power of Lyon’s book is that he has successfully returned the issue of newborn intensive care from the political or ethical to the profoundly, disturbingly personal. In Long Island, New York, the White House tries to stop Baby Jane Doe from suffering a similar fate. Thousands of handicapped babies are born each year. A moving, impressive book.” Robin Marantz Henig, Washington Post In Bloomington, Indiana, an infant with serious birth defects is allowed to die without surgery
Jeff Lyon and Peter Gorner, recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1987 for the stories on which Altered Fates was based, write for the Chicago Tribune. They live in Chicago.
They live in Chicago. . About the Author Jeff Lyon and Peter Gorner, recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 1987 for the stories on which Altered Fates was based, write for the Chicago Tribune