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Description:He was known around the world as the “Bubble Boy”. Now told for the first time by the person who was his caretaker and confidant, Bursting the Bubble is the heart-rending story of the life and death of David Vetter. Due to the scientific zeal of doctors and religious authorities, and the compliance of his trusting family, he lived his life in a sterile chamber bereft of human touch from birth until a few days before his death at age 12 and a half.Mary Ada Murphy, Ph.D., was a child psychologist on staff at St. Luke’s-Texas Children’s Hospital throughout David Vetter’s life and became his closest friend and confidant. She was with him when he died. She received the Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award in 1985 in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the psychological support of David Vetter and his family. Raymond J. Lawrence, whom Murphy entrusted with the Bursting the Bubble manuscript and writes an introduction to it, was the hospital chaplain in place during David’s early years, and who convened the only formal ethics consultation on the Vetter case.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bursting the Bubble: The Tortured Life and Untimely Death of David Vetter. To get started finding Bursting the Bubble: The Tortured Life and Untimely Death of David Vetter, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 317

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Augustine Moore Press

Release: 2019

ISBN: 0578467461

Description: He was known around the world as the “Bubble Boy”. Now told for the first time by the person who was his caretaker and confidant, Bursting the Bubble is the heart-rending story of the life and death of David Vetter. Due to the scientific zeal of doctors and religious authorities, and the compliance of his trusting family, he lived his life in a sterile chamber bereft of human touch from birth until a few days before his death at age 12 and a half.Mary Ada Murphy, Ph.D., was a child psychologist on staff at St. Luke’s-Texas Children’s Hospital throughout David Vetter’s life and became his closest friend and confidant. She was with him when he died. She received the Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award in 1985 in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the psychological support of David Vetter and his family. Raymond J. Lawrence, whom Murphy entrusted with the Bursting the Bubble manuscript and writes an introduction to it, was the hospital chaplain in place during David’s early years, and who convened the only formal ethics consultation on the Vetter case.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Bursting the Bubble: The Tortured Life and Untimely Death of David Vetter. To get started finding Bursting the Bubble: The Tortured Life and Untimely Death of David Vetter, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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