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Q J Med 2002; 95: 417-418
© 2002 Association of Physicians

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Seeing double

John Launer

I doubt that I have much in common with William Shakespeare or Margaret Thatcher. However, we do share one important bond—as parents of opposite-sex twins.

Once you have twins, you join one of those invisible networks of affinity that cut across class and culture. It is similar to the affinity that people discover when they share a particular medical condition, for example, or are immigrants. What unites you is the realization that no one—least of all professionals such as doctors—can fully understand that particular aspect of your life . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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