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For the Sake of the Children

The Social Organization of Responsibility in the Hospital and the Home

For the Sake of the Children( )
Author: Heimer, Carol A.
Staffen, Lisa R.
Series title:Morality and Society Ser.
ISBN:978-0-226-32505-7
Publication Date:Jul 1998
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.00
Book Description:

For the Sake of the Children examines the social organization of responsibility by asking who takes responsibility for critically ill newborns. Drawing on medical records and interviews with parents and medical staff, the authors take us into two neonatal intensive care units, showing us the traumas of extreme medical measures and the sufferings of infants. The accounts are by turns heroic and disturbing as we see people trying to take charge of these infants' care, thinking...
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Book Details
Pages:436
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.616 x 0.885 x 0.105 Inches
Book Weight:1.443 Pounds



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