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Benjamin Oren Black

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Dr Benjamin Black is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and a specialist advisor to international aid organisations - including Médecins Sans Frontières. His focus on sexual, reproductive and maternal healthcare for populations in times of crisis has taken him to many countries working with humanitarian organisations, UN bodies and government departments. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic he provided frontline healthcare to pregnant women and developed international guidelines. Benjamin was a member of the expert panel for the inquiry into racial injustice in UK maternity care.

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Belly Woman

4.58 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions

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Benjamin Black liked Anahita's review of Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola: The Untold Story: "A harrowing read oftentimes, Dr Black recounts his experiences of working in low-resource and remote obstetrics in Sierra Leona against the backdrop of the Ebola epidemic. The descriptions are vivid and evocative, and transport the reader into his sh" Read more of this review »
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Benjamin Black rated a book it was amazing The Ayatollah's Gaze: A Memoir of the Forbidden and the Fabulous by Majid Parsa	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A powerful, and eye-opening book that will stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended. The Ayatollah’s Gaze is one of those rare books that manages to be both informative and utterly gripping. From the first page, it combines sharp analysis with ...more
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Benjamin Black liked Fatguyreading's review of Belly Woman: "After the first Ebola case was confirmed in Sierra Leone in 2014, a few weeks later, Dr Benjamin Black ( an obstetrician and gynaecologist ) arrives to work for the aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières. What follows are his experiences of dealin" Read more of this review »
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Benjamin Black and 2 other people liked Bookread2day's review of Belly Woman: "This is a harrowing memoir told by the incredible, kind hearted, Benjamin Black, who was deployed as an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Sierra Leone in June 2014. In this memoir it shows just how much Benjamin cared about every single one of his pa" Read more of this review »
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Benjamin Black liked Adam Cuninghame's review of Belly Woman: "A book which gives you both the best and the worst of humanity, right next to each other. Benjamin Black has had an incredible life; I had the opportunity to attend a lecture he gave a few months ago, and trust me when I say that the pages in this boo" Read more of this review »
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“Life and death are not discreet states of being; there is a twilight through which we each must travel. Her body, spirit and mind were trying to leave, but the wonders of medicine refused to open the door.”
― Benjamin Oren Black, Belly Woman

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“The disease moves within human suffering”
― Benjamin Oren Black, Belly Woman

tags: ebola, epidemic, human-suffering, poverty

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