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Maternity Ward: Behind the Scenes at a Big City Hospital
Maternity Ward Behind the Scenes at a Big City Hospital Author:Susan Stanley Written by a journalist who followed the action on a busy university hospital maternity ward for three weeks, this book chronicles the true stories of doctors, nurses, students, and patients. Each month about 250 babies are born to low-income women, many of whom have had no prenatal care. Some are drug addicted or abused, while others are middle... more »-class women who have had in vitro fertilization at the clinic. In an episodic but engrossing format, Stanley paints a vivid picture of the ward's various traumas and triumphs, and she details, almost too vividly, the medical procedures. She also brings in the human drama of personnel and patients.« less