Labours of Love - Midwives of Newfoundland and Labrador by Esther Slaney Brown

ISBN 097834340-9 256 pages, b&w photos Price: CDN$19.95 Qty:

Book Description Labours of Love - Midwives of Newfoundland and Labrador by Esther Slaney Brown tells the story of many women, the nurses and midwives, as remembered by those who knew them well. The vignettes of each show us who they were, how they lived, the work they did, and just how essential they were in their communities. A few had rudimentary training and the support of neighboring (but distant) doctors and nurses, but most enjoyed neither. Untutored in the knowledge and skills of formal nursing and medicine (such as they may been in those days), they were well schooled in the ways of life. Caring, tireless, ever resourceful and always willing they did what had to be done.