Playing God in the Nursery

By Jeff Lyon and Jeff Lyon

Book Overview

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. . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393303098
• ISBN13: 9780393303094
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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 and leaves the reader to make up his or her own mind, of course. This is an exceptionally insightful book, espeically for being twenty years old!