Biography: Carole Joffe is professor emerita of sociology at the University of California-Davis and a visiting professor at the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California-San Francisco. The author of several books, she lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us Author: Carole Joffe Binding Information: Cloth  Trade Code: 00C Price: $27.95 In stock. Reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe has studied abortion provision for more than thirty years. In Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, she relays on-the-ground stories of doctors grappling with the obstacles of providing abortion care for their patients: from skirting draconian state regulations to negotiating with intransigent insurance companies or having to beg superiors for the right to perform medically necessary abortions in-hospital. Joffe brings these examples to vivid life, reporting the lived experiences behind the polemics. Qty:

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Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us Author: Carole Joffe Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00P Price: $16.00  Backorder policy Not yet published. Will ship on: January 25, 2011 In Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe immerses readers in on-the-ground stories of doctors grappling with the obstacles of providing abortion care for their patients, while also offering hope for a more compassionate standard of women's health care. Qty:

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Doctors of Conscience: The Struggle to Provide Abortion Before and After Roe V. Wade Author: Carole Joffe Binding Information: Paperback  Trade Code: 00T Price: $20.00 In stock. Qty:

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