An edition of Handle with care: a novel (2009)

Handle with care

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An edition of Handle with care: a novel (2009)

Handle with care

a novel

  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
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In Jodi Picoult's #1 international bestseller she explores the moral dilemmas faced by the parents of a severely disabled child. When faced with the reality of a child who will be disabled, at which point should an obstetrician counsel termination? Should a parent have the right to make that choice? And as a parent, how far would you go to take care of someone you love?Willow O'Keefe is born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, which means she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, and a lifetime of pain. As the family struggles to cover medical expenses, her mother Charlotte decides to file a wrongful birth lawsuit against her obstetrician for the compensation which might ensure a lifetime of care for Willow.But it means that Charlotte has to say in a court of law that she would have terminated the pregnancy if she'd known about the disability in advance. And the obstetrician she's suing isn't just her physician - she's her best friend.Handle with Care is an absorbing narrative which also questions the basis of medical ethics and of personal morality. What rights do parents or doctors have to terminate a life? How disabled is too disabled? As a parent, how far would you go to save someone you love?

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Publisher
Atria Books
Language
English
Pages
477

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Handle with Care
2009, Simon & Schuster, Washington Square Press
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Handle with Care
2009, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
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Handle with care: a novel
2009, Atria Books
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Handle with care
2009, Center Point Pub.
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3566.I372 H36 2009, PS3566.I372H36 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
477

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22527995M
Internet Archive
handlewithcareno00pico
ISBN 10
0743296419
ISBN 13
9780743296410
LCCN
2008038339
OCLC/WorldCat
232979134
Library Thing
6001672
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
3720975

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