Conjoined Twins
Subtitle: An Historical, Biological and Ethical Issues Encyclopedia
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780786415267
Subjects: Gynaecology & obstetrics; History of medicine; Medical ethics; Plastic & reconstructive surgery; Reference works; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; Ethics; History; Physiology; General; Conjoined twins; Encyclopedias
Description: "This encyclopedia presents entries on conjoined twins throughout history, the biological causes and effects, and self-support and separation surgery. It also includes entries on the standardized terminology and categories into which conjoined twins have been sorted, doctors who have performed separation surgeries, and hospitals that are known for the separation of conjoined twins." "This book covers relevant films, websites, institutions, even fraudulent conjoined twins, and also fictional ones from such authors as Mark Twain, Vladimir Nabokov, and Katherine Dunn."--BOOK JACKET.