In the Shadow of the Eighth
My Forty Years Working for Women's Health in Ireland
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 November 2019
Summary
A personal, frank and engaging account of some of Ireland’s most troublesome, painful and important debates about women’s healthcare.
By the time he retired in 2016, obstetrician Peter Boylan had delivered over 6,000 babies. And he had also made an invaluable contribution to women’s rights in Ireland.
In the Shadow of the Eighth is the story of Peter Boylan’s life in medicine. Having realised as a young doctor that Irish women’s reproductive lives were shaped by churc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844884827 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844884821 |
| Author: | Peter Boylan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 November 2019 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 21mm |
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A hero to many (including me)–@MarianKeyes A fascinating story–Matt Cooper, Today FM The book is fabulous–Pat Kenny, Newstalk
A hero to many (including me) – @MarianKeyes
Both personal and political … a very important history of recent events that have utterly changed Ireland’s social and political landscapes * Irish Times *
A fascinating story – Matt Cooper * Today FM *
The book is fabulous – Pat Kenny * Newstalk *
A comprehensive, insightful and often shocking social history of the country * Irish Independent *
Compelling [and] compassionate book * RTÉ Guide *
About The Author
Peter Boylan
Dubliner Peter Boylan is one of Ireland’s most distinguished obstetricians. He qualified as a doctor in the mid-1970s and worked in London and Houston Texas before returning to the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street in the late 1980s. In 1991 he commenced a seven-year term as Master of Holles Street. He is also a former chair of Ireland’s Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He retired from Holles Street at the end of 2016. In 2018 he played a crucial role in advocating for the repeal of Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion and he continues to be an influential voice on behalf women’s healthcare issues in Ireland.
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