01700cam a2200349 a 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033010001500074020001800089020001500107035002100122040000800143043001200151100003300163245011400196260003800310300002100348500013500369504005900504520030400563600003300867650004200900650006000942650005601002650005301058650005001111650005001161651005501211651006501266700001901331795176876OCoLC20190620153841.0120610s2012    nyu      b    000 0aeng d  a2008054663  a9780143123255  a0143123254  a(OCoLC)795176876  cAJM  ae-uk-en1 aWorth, Jennifer,d1935-2011.10aCall the midwife :ba memoir of birth, joy, and hard times /cJennifer Worth ; clinical editor, Terri Coates.  aNew York :bPenguin Books,c2012.  a340 p. ;c21 cm.  aFirst published in Great Britian as "Call the midwife" by Merton Books 2002 ; published as "The midwife" by Penguin Books in 2009.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 332-333, 340).  aJennifer Worth was just twenty-two when she volunteered to spend her early years of midwifery training in London's East End in the 1950s. Coming from a sheltered background there were tough lessons to be learned. The conditions in which many women gave birth just half a century ago were horrifying.10aWorth, Jennifer,d1935-2011. 0aMidwiveszEnglandzLondonvBiography. 0aPregnant womenzEnglandzLondonxHistoryy20th century. 0aChildbirthzEnglandzLondonxHistoryy20th century. 0aPovertyzEnglandzLondonxHistoryy20th century. 0aPoorzEnglandzLondonxHistoryy20th century. 0aNunszEnglandzLondonxHistoryy20th century. 0aLondon (England)xSocial conditionsy20th century. 0aEast End (London, England)xSocial conditionsy20th century.1 aCoates, Terri.