"Birthright."
Title | "Birthright." |
Year for Search | 1958 |
Authors | St. Clair, Margaret [Neeley](1911-1995) |
Secondary Title | Fantastic Universe |
Volume / Edition | 9.4 |
Pagination | 66-69 |
Date Published | April 1958 |
Keywords | Female author, US author |
Annotation | Satire on the growing tendency to provide medical treatment in the most extreme cases. The story is about whether or not to treat a baby needing heart surgery to survive who already needs regular insulin shots and who has significant visual problems and will be deaf at a young age. |
Holding Institutions | Merril |
Author Note | Female author (1911-95). |
Full Text | 1958 St. Clair, Margaret [Neeley] (1911-1995). “Birthright.” Fantastic Universe 9.4 (April 1958): 66-69. Merril Satire on the growing tendency to provide medical treatment in the most extreme cases. The story is about whether or not to treat a baby needing heart surgery to survive who already needs regular insulin shots and who has significant visual problems and will be deaf at a young age. Female author. |