Maternity Ward: Behind the Scenes at a Big City Hospital

by Susan Stanley

A revealing view of life in a metropolitan obstetrics ward presents stories of the doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and patients who labor in, and pass through, a big-city maternity ward

Genres: Nonfiction

301 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1992

Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Author Susan Stanley is a newspaper reporter who had access to a busy maternity unit at a large teaching hospital in Oregon. Contains a wide variety of individual stories of both the caregivers and the patients. Parts of the book were touching and compelling; other parts were dry. Overall, an interesting book for those interested in true life medical care.

[Stormie Walston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Journalistic "fly on the wall" perspective of the doctors and patience in a big city maternity ward. Includes very disturbing, unforgettable stories.