High Risk: a doctor’s notes on pregnancy, birth, and the unexpected - Couverture souple

Karkowsky, Dr Chavi Eve

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ISBN 10 : 1913348083 ISBN 13 : 9781913348083

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2020

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr Chavi Karkowsky is a maternal-foetal medicine specialist. She completed medical school in New York City at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and then completed her residency at Harvard. After two years as a generalist obstetrician-gynaecologist, she entered fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health. She is also the medical director of the largest teaching OBGYN clinic within their system. She is an active member of both the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists as well as the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and is fully board-certified in both OBGYN as well as maternal-foetal medicine. In addition to her clinical practice, she has published essays and op-eds in The Daily Beast, the Atlantic, Health Magazine, Slate, and the Washington Post.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913348083
• ISBN 13: 9781913348083
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible