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Veröffentlichung:	August 2006
Genre:	Soziologie
ISBN:	9780786428526
EAN-Code:	9780786428526
Verlag:	Mcfarland & Co Inc
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 256 mm / B 179 mm / D 12 mm
Gewicht:	386 gr
Seiten:	206
Illustration:	71 photographs
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This encyclopedia presents entries on conjoined twins throughout history, the biological causes and effects of twins being born conjoined, and ethical issues such as self-support and separation surgery. It also includes entries on the modern standardized terminology used when discussing conjoined twins, the categories into which conjoined twins have been sorted, doctors past and present who have performed separation surgeries, and hospitals, such as Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, that are known for the separation of conjoined twins. This book even covers fraudulent conjoined twins and fictional ones in books written by such authors as Mark Twain, Vladimir Nabakov, and Katherine Dunn. Other entries cover relevant films, websites, and institutions.