High Risk : A Doctor's Notes on Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected

Eve Karkowsky, Chavi

ISBN 10: 1913348083 / ISBN 13: 9781913348083

Published by Scribe Publications, 2020

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: High Risk : A Doctor's Notes on Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913348083
• ISBN 13: 9781913348083
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.728 pounds

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Synopsis

One doctor’s testament to the importance of listening — truly listening — to women and their medical experiences of pregnancy and childbirth.

Although there are countless books aimed at expectant mothers and fathers, on subjects from prenatal nutrition to birthing methods, there is a lack of works that attempt to illuminate, unpack, and chronicle the complex, potentially life-and-death truth of this fundamental human experience. High Risk fills that gap. From an expert in maternal–foetal medicine — the subspecialty of obstetrics that concerns high-risk pregnancies — here is a timely and unflinching account of all that pregnancy, labour, and birth can entail.

As an outspoken champion of women’s health, a mother of four, and a humane, wry, and altogether remarkable writer, Dr Chavi Eve Karkowsky tells of miracles and joy, but also of challenge and loss — illustrating the complexity of reproduction and the health services that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, she unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society, and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of life remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.