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Women’s Doc, The: True Stories from My Five Decades Delivering Babies & Making History

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Women’s Doc, The: True Stories from My Five Decades Delivering Babies & Making History

SKU: 9781760529147 Category: Product ID: 168057

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Title: Women’s Doc, The: True Stories from My Five Decades Delivering Babies & Making History
Author: DE COSTA CAROLINE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 04/05/2021
Imprint: ALLEN & UNWIN
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active

‘We never train women in Sydney,’ Caroline de Costa was told in 1974 when she applied to become a junior registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology. She and her husband packed their bags and their children, and headed for Dublin.

When Caroline first started in medicine, being an unmarried mother was frowned on, cane toads were used for pregnancy tests, and giving birth was much riskier than it is today. Her funny and poignant stories of bringing babies into the world show that, while much has changed, women still work hard and it remains a bloody business. A birth plan is no guarantee of a normal birth (whatever that is).

Men have always wanted to control women’s bodies, and Caroline has been instrumental in giving Australian women of all backgrounds the opportunity to resist, and to choose when and how they have babies. Her behind-the-scenes stories reveal it’s often the little things that win a campaign.

‘An enthralling and at times eye-popping ride through her brilliant career as an obstetrician and fierce advocate for women’s reproductive freedom.’ – Anne Summers

‘Caroline de Costa has lived an exciting and unusual life, is a brilliant doctor, a fierce and trailblazing feminist and now reveals herself as a gripping and evocative writer!’ – Jane Caro

ISBN: 9781760529147
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 320
Edition: 01

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Dimensions 234 × 153 mm