The Midwife

A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

Ranked #6 in Midwifery, Ranked #13 in Nursingsee more rankings.

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. less

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