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Author Segal, Nancy L., 1951-

Title Someone else's twin : the true story of babies switched at birth / Nancy L. Segal
Published Amherst, N. Y. : Prometheus, 2011

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Description 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: discovery in Las Palmas -- Switched at birth -- Crossing paths -- Traumatic truths I -- Traumatic truths II -- Someone else's baby -- Determining the damages -- Three lives
Summary In this fascinating story, Dr. Segal, herself a twin and an expert on twins research, considers the implications of an unintentional separation of identical twin sisters and similar cases for questions concerning identity, familial bonds, and the law
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Twins -- Psychology.
Twins -- Canaray Islands -- Case studies
Twins -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Twins -- Canaray Islands -- Case studies
Twins -- Canary Islands -- Case studies.
Twins -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Infants switched at birth -- Canary Islands -- Case studies.
Mistaken identity -- Canary Islands -- Case studies.
Twins -- ethics
Twins -- psychology.
Twin Studies as Topic.
Twins.
Genre/Form Nonfiction
Case studies.
Case studies.
LC no. 2011014988
ISBN 9781616144371 hardback
1616144378 hardback