High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected
Karkowsky, Chavi Eve My work offers a window into the darkest and lightest corners of people's lives, into the extremes of human experience, " writes Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky in High Risk, her timely and unflinching account of working in maternal-fetal medicine-that branch of medicine that concerns high-risk pregnancies. Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America's maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary steri...