Baby at Risk: The Uncertain Legacies of Medical Miracles for Babies, Families, and Society (Capital Currents)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Baby at Risk explores the growing phenomenon of "miracle" births and infants born with major medical problems that threaten or impair their health for life. The book examines the new assisted-reproduction technologies that are producing their share of miracle babies---but also a burgeoning population of imperiled newborns. Then there are the neonatal intensive care rescues that keep extremely premature and critically ill babies alive---some to live healthy lives, but others to face a bleak lifetime during which their families must care for them. Baby at Risk asks some very hard qu...
ISBN(s)
1933102268, 9781933102269
