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Author:
Segal, Nancy L., 1951- author.
Title:
Deliberately divided : inside the controversial study of twins and triplets adopted apart / Nancy L. Segal.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Subject:
Twins--Research--United States.
Adopted children--Research--United States.
Adoption--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Separation (Psychology)--United States.
Separation (Psychology)
Twins--Research.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Twin Studies: Illustrious and Ignoble -- Separated by Design: Policy and People -- Inside the Twin Study: How Did It Work? -- Familiar Strangers: Twin Brothers with Twin Sisters -- Kathy and Betsy: "The Biggest Thing in My Life" -- Media Inquiry: Sixty Minutes -- Anne and Susan: Dancing Solo -- Melanie and Ellen: Identical, but Not the Same -- Doug & Howard: Parallel Lives -- Identical Triplets: Three Versions of the Same Song -- Sharon: Twinless Again -- In Search of the Findings: Unpublished or Unavailable? -- The Book That Never Was: Yale University Press -- Justin: Not Just a Doppelgänger? -- Paula and Elyse: Artists From Afar -- Paula and Marjorie: Opportunities Lost -- Michele and Allison: Fraternal, Almost Identical -- Letters of Protest: Oscars and Emmys -- Professional Standards: Codes of Conduct, Legalities and Moralitie -- Controversies: Over or Unfinished?
Summary:
"In Deliberately Divided, Nancy L. Segal revisits a controversial study that tracked the development of separated twins and triplets. None of the adoptive parents were told that they were raising a multiple birth baby. The truth was shocking for these parents and twins, many of whom have shared their unimaginable stories for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1538132850
9781538132852
LCCN:
2021042838
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk)
PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

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