Playing God in the Nursery Jeff Lyon

Name: Playing God in the Nursery By Jeff Lyon
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Playing God in the Nursery by Jeff Lyon

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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. . . . A moving, impressive book. -Robin Marantz Henig, Washington Post

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Playing God in the Nursery by Jeff Lyon

In Bloomington, Indiana, an infant with serious birth defects is allowed to die without surgery. 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. Should all of their lives be saved? What if the child were your own. . .

About Jeff Lyon

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.

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NLS9780393303094

ISBN 13

9780393303094

ISBN 10

0393303098

Title

Playing God in the Nursery by Jeff Lyon

Author

Jeff Lyon

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

WW Norton & Co

Year published

1987-02-11

Number of pages

368

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