Article: One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of the Normal

Article: Conjoined Twins and the Right to Life
The Washington Post;  September 29, 2000 ;     379 words ...In her Sept. 24 Outlook piece, Alice Dreger states, "The sacrifice separation of conjoined twins is the only instance in which physicians ... desensitized us to having the state seize conjoined twins from their parents and kill one in the ...

Article: Recent cases renew attention toward conjoined twins
University Wire;  July 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 1874. The lives of conjoined twins have remained in ... author of a book on conjoined twins. "Maybe if you ... together." Although conjoined twins often undergo separation ... the child," said Alice Dreger, associate professor ...

Article: CONJOINED TWINS HAPPY TO SHATTER AN OLD ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 26, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... felt, but not unique. As Alice Dreger, a historian of anatomy ... the medical treatment of conjoined twins, the assumption among surgeons ... aggressively sought to separate conjoined twins even when the distribution ... that throughout history, conjoined twins who reached ...

Article: Conjoined twins.(Health)
Manila Bulletin;  August 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... headlined the successful separation of Filipino conjoined twins Carl and Clarence Aguirre. I think it would make interesting reading if you write about conjoined twins. How do conjoined twins differ from Siamese twins? Mark R., Manila ...

Article: Conjoined twins originate from single fertilised ...
New Straits Times;  September 15, 2002 ;     590 words ...New Straits Times 09-15-2002 Conjoined twins originate from single fertilised egg ... conjoined foetus. Studies show that conjoined twins are more often female than male with ... triplets or quadruplets. Although conjoined twins occur as often as one in every 40 ...

Article: AIRWAY EVALUATION OF CONJOINED TWINS
The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Case reports in the literature on conjoined twins discuss the difficulties with anesthesia ... thoraco-omphaloischiopagus laterally conjoined twins demonstrates the importance of videoendoscopic ... airway evaluation in the management of conjoined twins. Direct laryngoscopy and ...

Article: CONJOINED TWINS; The risks of a life apart
The Press;  October 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... sympathy. The successful separation of conjoined twins at Waikato Hospital yesterday thrilled ... and doctors and put the plight of conjoined twins once again in sharp relief. Separating conjoined twins is rarely without risk and some conjoined ...