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Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the 1950s  Cover Image Book Book

Call the midwife : a true story of the East End in the 1950s / Jennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates.

Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011 (Author). Coates, Terri (Added Author).

Summary:

Jennifer Worth was just 22 years old when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. These stories encompass the whole spectrum of human emotions, and candidly reveal the shocking truth of childbirth conditions just 50 years ago.

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  • ISBN: 9780753827871 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0753827875 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 340 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Phoenix, 2012.

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General Note:
Originally published: Twickenham: Merton, 2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Worth, Jennifer, 1935-2011.
Midwives > England > London.
Childbirth > England > London > History > 20th century.
East End (London, England) > Social conditions > 20th century.


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