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HUNGER OF MEMORY The education of Richard Rodriguez RICHARD RODRIGUEZ 216pp. Godine. 17.99 [pounds sterling] (US $24.95). IN 1976, AS A YOUNG ACADEMIC, Richard Rodriguez received job offers from several [...]

EVERY DAY THE RIVER CHANGES Four weeks down the Magdalena JORDAN SALAMA 224pp. Catapult. 21.99 [pounds sterling]. Colombia's Magdalena River is almost 1,000 miles long, running all the way from [...]

WILD HORSES JORDI CUSSA Translated by Tiago Miller 304pp. Fum d'Estampa Press. Paperback, 10.99 [pounds sterling]. For a few years in the 1980s , recalls Alex, the central character in [...]

THE IMPOSTOR AND OTHER STORIES SILVINA OCAMPO Translated by Daniel Balderston 368pp. Serpent's Tail. Paperback, 9.99 [pounds sterling]. A dying woman's story is written down by a dog she has [...]

THE WONDERS ELENA MEDEL Translated by Lizzie Davis and Thomas Bunstead 224pp. Pushkin. 14.99 [pounds sterling]. This debut novel by the poet Elena Medel tells the story of three generations [...]

THE WOMAN FROM URUGUAY PEDRO MAIRAL Translated by Jennifer Croft 160pp. Bloomsbury. Paperback, 12.99 [pounds sterling]. Lucas Pereyra, an Argentinian writer 'in the exact middle of [his] life', is heading [...]

FOUR BY FOUR SARA MESA Translated by Katie Whittemore 140pp. Open Letter. Paperback, 14.50 [pounds sterling] (US $15.95). AMONG THE HEDGES SARA MESA Translated by Megan McDowell 120pp. Open Letter. [...]

RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NON-EXISTENCE REBECCA SOLNIT 256pp. Granta Books. Paperback, 9.99 [pounds sterling]. 'The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.' So said [...]

1. Identify how and why families caring for children with trisomy diagnoses are at risk for bias and differing standards of care across the nation 2. Describe resources, utilize evidence based clinical information, and effectively advocate for families caring for patients with trisomy diagnoses that is in alignment with their goals of care. Children with trisomy diagnoses experience variability in medical interventions offered at different institutions. Despite evidence that children can live longer with intervention, there remains a lack of consensus of how to deliver equitable care. With access to trusted standards of care, Palliative Care clinicians can provide strong, consistent support for families as they potentially confront bias and inequities in care. Historically, the medical system has been challenged by patients with rare conditions, inhibiting the ability to develop standards of care that acknowledge and account for these unique diagnoses. Children with trisomy are one such example that has persisted over time. The evolution of ethical viewpoints has influenced the approach to care drastically. Families encounter variability in interventions offered at individual institutions. Despite prognostic data that shows children can live longer with intervention, there remains a lack of consensus for how best to approach the care of these children. Families' goals are often nuanced and families see high quality of life potential for their children. However, families remain at risk of receiving differing standards of care depending on social determinants of health. Families with advocacy experience and financial means may seek care at an institution that will perform a desired intervention, while other families may be dependent upon the approach of the institution closest to them. Pediatric Palliative Care clinicians are adept at operating through the lens of prognostic uncertainty to honor the goals of families. However, their ability and scope change dramatically when the standards of care vary widely. Given this landscape, care delivery is ripe with the potential for bias, carrying a strong risk for inequity to remain a guiding force of decision making. This case-based presentation examines the current state of care for children with trisomy diagnoses, the role that bias plays, and the inequities that the lack of consistency across institutions presents for families. Families deserve to have access to clear, evidence-based information regarding interventions for their children with trisomy diagnoses to inform their decision making. Without access to transparent data and trusted standards of care, Palliative Care clinicians cannot adequately support families making decisions and caring for this fragile population. Ethical / Legal Aspects of Care; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Justice [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NEGATIVE CAPABILITY A diary of surviving MICHELE ROBERTS 288pp. Sandstone Press. 14.99 [pounds sterling]. When Michele Roberts's fourteenth novel was rejected by her publisher and criticized by her agent--for being [...]

SEA MONSTERS CHLOE ARIDJIS 192pp. Chatto and Windus. Paperback, 8.99 [pounds sterling]. Seventeen-year-old Luisa has run away from her home in Mexico City to the beach of Zipolite, which in [...]

THE SNARES OF MEMORY JUAN MARSE Translated by Nick Caistor 240pp. MacLehose. 14.99 [pounds sterling]. It is 1982 in Barcelona, and the unnamed protagonist, a middle-aged novelist who may or [...]

OBLIVION A memoir HECTOR ABAD Translated by Anne McLean and Rosalind Harvey 296pp. World Editions. Paperback, 11.99 [pounds sterling]. On August 25, 1987, Hector Abad, the father of the author [...]

ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES A Mexican road trip PAUL THEROUX 448pp. Hamish Hamilton. 20 [pounds sterling]. 'A GRINGO IN HIS degringolade' is how Paul Theroux describes himself at the [...]

A FINALES DE ENERO La historia de amor mas tragica de la Transicion JAVIER PADILLA 420pp. Planeta. 22 [pounds sterling]. 'IT'S NOT EVERY DAY you have the chance to I [...]

MEXICO CITY Cradle of empires NICK CAISTOR 240pp. Reaktion. 14.95 [pounds sterling]. In 1914, during the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City was occupied for some weeks by the guerrilla forces of [...]

Cherrie Moraga NATIVE COUNTRY OF THE HEART 256pp. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $26. 978 0 374 21966 6 American dreams can come true, but at what cost? This is the [...]

Chris Mullin THE FRIENDS OF HARRY PERKINS 192pp. Scribner. 12 [pounds sterling]. 978 1 4711 8248 8 It's been ten years since the country left the European Union, and 'Brexit [...]

Enrique Vila-Matas ESTA BRUMA INSENSATA 312pp. Seix Barral. Paperback, 19.90 [euro]. 978 84 322 3489 7 MAC AND HIS PROBLEM Translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes 224pp. Harvill [...]

Cesar Vallejo SCALES MELOGRAPHED Translated by Joseph Mulligan 168pp. Wesleyan University Press. Paperback, $24.95. 978 0 8195 7723 8 Between 1920 and 1921, the poet Cesar Vallejo was in prison [...]

Maria Gabriela Llansol GEOGRAPHY OF REBELS Translated by Audrey Young 300pp. Deep Vellum. Paperback, $15.95. 978 1 941920 63 3 Clarice Lispector THE CHANDELIER Translated by Benjamin Moser and Magdalena [...]

Junot Díaz. This Is How You Lose Her . New York. Riverhead. 2012. ISBN 9781594487361 These days, more and more people in both the United States and Latin America are [...]

David Shook. Our Obsidian Tongues. London. Eyewear Publishing. 2013. ISBN 9781908998071 David Shook is quite right that, on the days when you can see them through the pollution, the volcanoes [...]