Active Labour: Memoirs of a Working-Class Doctor by Percy Rogers

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and spine, particularly top edge. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Percy Rogers was no ordinary doctor. Raised in small Western Australian towns, at fifteen, he saved enough to buy a train ticket to Perth, where night school was free, with the hope of studying medicine. From there, he embarked on a medical career that would take him around Australia and the world, from Hobart's busiest hospital to a practice in suburban Coburg, from remote Arnhem Land communities to a city in Saudi Arabia, from the beaches of Cocos Keeling Islands to the Papuan jungle highlands.

An obstetrician by training, Rogers was a passionate advocate for women's reproductive rights, arguing that women should have a greater say in their childbirths and medical care, and a pioneer of the Lamaze technique in Australia.

Active Labour is the inspiring, warm and moving story of one of the most pioneering and compassionate health practitioners in the country. It is a testament to one man's abiding, passionate belief in the power of medicine and the importance of community health. (back cover)