For the Sake of the Children

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1: Why We Need a Sociology of Responsibility
2: Life in Two Neonatal Intensive Care Units
3: What Do We Mean by Responsibility?
4: Responsibility as a Joint Enterprise: The Role of the State in the NICU and the Home
5: The Social Control of Parenting in the NICU
6: Novice Managers of Expert Labor: Parents as Agents of Social Control in the NICU
7: Beyond the NICU: Variations in the Acceptance of Long-Term Responsibility
8: Responsible Individuals in an Organizational World
Appendix on Methods
References
Index of Interviews
General Index