Frontline midwife

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Anna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for the most vulnerable women in the most vulnerable places in the world. At twenty-six years old, not yet a fully-trained midwife, she delivered a baby in a tropical storm by the light of a headtorch; the following year, she would be responsible for the female health of 30,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. But returning to the UK to work for the NHS, she soon learned that even at home the right to a safe birth was impossible to take for granted. Kent shares her extraordinary experiences as a nurse, midwife and mother, illuminating the lives of women that are irreparably affected by compromised access to healthcare.

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‘Brutally powerful . . . Totally absorbing’ Independent‘A gripping, honest and moving account of healthcare work in a war zone’ Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmAt twenty-six years old, Anna Kent helped a woman deliver her baby in a tropical storm by the light of a headtorch. At age thirty she would be responsible for the female health of 30,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. But returning to work for the NHS in the UK, she soon learned that even at home the right to a safe birth was impossible to take for granted. Frontline Midwife is Kent’s compassionate testament to the critical work of healthcare professionals around the world.‘An extraordinary, profoundly moving, all-consuming memoir’ Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand WeeksThe heart-wrenching tale of one midwife’s quest to help others – and make peace with herselfLeah Hazard, author of Hard Pushed

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Weight 0.222 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.2 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

304

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

618.20092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K