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The First Breath : How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives
The First Breath : How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives
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Author(s): Gordon, Olivia
ISBN No.: 9781509871209
Pages: 320
Year: 202006
Format: UK-B Format Paperback (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 17.55
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Other:'Excellent . A serious journalistic investigation into foetal and neonatal medicine . reads like a thriller' (The Times) 'A gem.So impressed by the tenderness and science' (Dr Rana Awdish, author of In Shock) 'Heartstopping' (Daily Mail) Best science books of 2019 (Prospect) 'A touching, insightful and engaging memoir' (The Lancet) An affecting and highly personal exploration of the medical advances that have saved babies who "would not have survived. if born 30, 20, or even 10 years ago.".A tough but rewarding report from the front lines of fetal and neonatal medicine. (Publishers Weekly) 'Magnificent.


a treasure in scientific medicine reporting'. (Professor Steven D. Douglas MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Fascinating and moving. (Adam Kay, Sunday Times bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt) Smart, sympathetic (Sunday Times Style) 'Beautifully and clearly written and immensely touching.A great storyteller.[Gordon makes] us feel the great and risky adventure of surviving a difficult childhood and becoming a person: and the linked one of being a parent. Endlessly subtle.a wonderful, intelligent writer' (Maggie Gee) 'Moved me to tears' (Professor Stuart Campbell, foetal medicine pioneer) A meticulously researched history of fetal medicine and a heartfelt account of parenting preterm babies.


(Leah Hazard, bestselling author of Hard Pushed: A Midwife's Story) A book full of emotion and one that medical practitioners should read (Jewish Chronicle) A wonderfully insightful account of advances made in fetal and neonatal medicine.incredibly moving.' (Synapsis) Fascinating and heartbreaking, it's one we won't ever forget.Such a powerful book (The Motherload) Jaw-dropping (The Birth Trauma Association).


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