Focusing on obstetrics, this first book about the history of medicine in relation to the plastic revolution asks vital questions about childbirth today - and tomorrow - and demonstrates that the current turning point in the history of childbirth is also a turning point in the history of humanity.

In an age where birth has often been overtaken by obstetrics, Dr Dick-Read's philosophy is still as fresh and relevant as it was when he originally wrote this book. Essential reading for all parents-to-be, childbirth educators, midwives and obstetricians!

An expose of society's mistreatment of children during the pandemic.

The authors reveal how a hugely successful healthcare project was undermined and dismantled, to the detriment of mothers and babies, the wider community and the midwifery profession as a whole.

The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique with a three-decade track record of successfully reducing racial conflict and increasing positive educational outcomes.

Birthing in a pandemic: what changed, what were the consequences, what should we do now.

Spending their summer holidays at their grandparents' house by the sea, Sam and her two brothers play a series of dangerous games, pitted against each other yet united in their secrecy from the grown-ups.

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at the future of birth by renowned obstetrician Michel Odent who takes the question 'Do we need midwives?' as a starting point.