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This common secret : my journey as an abortion doctor
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This common secret : my journey as an abortion doctor

Author: Susan Wicklund; Alan S Kesselheim
Publisher: New York : Public Affairs, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A female physician describes her dedication to helping women through the abortion experience, the dangers she faced as an abortion provider, and her thoughts on the abortion debate.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Susan Wicklund; Susan Wicklund
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Susan Wicklund; Alan S Kesselheim
ISBN: 9781586484804 158648480X 9781586486471 1586486470
OCLC Number: 123692330
Description: vii, 268 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Flower Grandma's secret --
A seed planted --
My choice --
All of us can do more --
Disguises --
Beseiged --
Rocks and hard places --
Safe houses --
A day of clinic --
Legal obstacle course --
Hypocrisy --
A neglected patient --
Curls of smoke --
Full circle.
Responsibility: Susan Wicklund ; with Alan Kesselheim.
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A memoir that gives an intimate first-hand account of the perilous state of women's choice in America. It chronicles the author's emotional and dramatic twenty-year career on the front lines of the  Read more...

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"(This Common Secret) teems with fascinating, often tragic stories... Wicklund's book is a compelling account of the hypocrisy and secrecy that surround this subject." The Guardian "This is shocking Read more...

 
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