More than a Village: Meeting the Health Care Needs ofMultiples.
The controversy that followed the reporting of octuplets born to Nadya Suleman has not emphasized the potential health risks that the infants are likely to encounter. A team of 46 health professionals was involved in the octuplet case, which was both a preterm and multiple gestation delivery. Some...
| Published in: | Hastings Center Report Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 25 - 27 |
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