1. A Tragic Puzzle.
- Author
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Came, Barry
- Subjects
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SURGERY , *CONJOINED twins , *COURTS , *LEGAL judgments , *PARABIOSIS , *LEGAL status of parents - Abstract
Reports on two infants, identified in court papers as Mary and Jodie, who are congenitally joined, and the efforts of the British court to determine if they should be separated. How Jodie supplies Mary with oxygenated blood; Resistance of the parents to the operation; Complexity of the case; Comments by the judges and the lawyer assigned to represent Jodie.
- Published
- 2000