Notes of a Male Obstetrician: an Inner Confession About Modern Medical Care and the Doctor-patient Relationship
by Tian Jishun
About This Novel
How is life passed on? It was probably a pair of big hands that brought her into this living world from her mother's exhausted crotch. And this unmodified delivery is a series of bloody and naked birth gates: the elderly mother who would rather lose her life to keep the test-tube fetus, the young mother who lost her womb in pain, the newborn baby whose life passed before she could cry, the stillborn fetus that died in the mother's belly before she could enter this new world... When passing through the birth gate, it happens to be the moment of uncertainty and life hanging by a thread. At such a critical moment, what choice does the doctor make that is best for the mother? What is the logic and starting point behind the maternal choice? This book is not only a popular science book on pregnancy and obstetrics written by an obstetrician with more than ten years of clinical experience, introducing the experiences of pregnant women in the delivery room, but also a life story book inside and outside the delivery room. The doctor's decision, the patient's helplessness, the trauma of the medical system, the pain of the doctor-patient relationship, the doctor's scalpel cuts open the flesh and blood, and also cuts open the essence of human nature. The characters living in the cracks are vividly visible, and the various scenes of life are staged in the obstetrics and gynecology department. They are more real than movies, more exciting than novels, and more sincere than cases. This is not the story of one person, but of you, the life that everyone will experience.
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Official(1)Scraped 1mo ago
Anyone who has given birth, has not given birth, or is planning to give birth should read this book.
I experienced "placental abruption". I received all prenatal examinations at the best obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Beijing. I had no problems with blood sugar or high blood pressure, and I did not gain excessive weight. I continued to exercise every day, and when I was preparing for a normal delivery, I was admitted to the hospital because of low amniotic fluid. Then my water suddenly broke, and then I was found to have placental abruption, and then emergency surgery... Fortunately, I was in the hospital, and fortunately the doctor found it early. Now that the child is 3 years old, he often thinks of everything that happened that night and thanks the doctor for his care and professionalism. If I had read this book earlier, I might have made more comprehensive preparations to help myself fight that life-or-death battle with the doctor.
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Official(1)Scraped 1mo ago
Anyone who has given birth, has not given birth, or is planning to give birth should read this book.
I experienced "placental abruption". I received all prenatal examinations at the best obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Beijing. I had no problems with blood sugar or high blood pressure, and I did not gain excessive weight. I continued to exercise every day, and when I was preparing for a normal delivery, I was admitted to the hospital because of low amniotic fluid. Then my water suddenly broke, and then I was found to have placental abruption, and then emergency surgery... Fortunately, I was in the hospital, and fortunately the doctor found it early. Now that the child is 3 years old, he often thinks of everything that happened that night and thanks the doctor for his care and professionalism. If I had read this book earlier, I might have made more comprehensive preparations to help myself fight that life-or-death battle with the doctor.
