Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
Author: Jennifer Worth
Call the Midwife is a most extraordinary book and should be required reading of all students of midwifery, nursing, sociology and modern history. It tells of the experiences of a young trainee midwife in the East End of London in the 1950’s and is a graphic portrayal of the quite appalling conditions that the East Enders endured…..Read More
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