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The Life of the Celebrated British Obstetrician, William Nixon
Geoffrey Chamberlain(Author)
RCOG Press
Published on 1. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-1-900364-98-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a biography of a leading pioneer of women's healthcare.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900364-98-0 (9781900364980)
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Person
Geoffrey Chamberlain is a former lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is past President of the RCOG and a former member of several RCOG committees, including the RCOG Council; Part 1 MCQ Sub-Committee; Part 2 MCQ Sub-Committee and the BJOG Editorial Board.
Content
1. Early days (1903-18); 2. The medical student (1922-7); 3. Postgraduate training (1927-34); 4. Consultancies: at home and away (1935-9); 5. The war years (1939-45); 6. The obstetric unit in Nixon's time (1946-66); 7. Research in the obstetric unit (1946-56); 8. Teaching at UCH (1946-66); 9. Nixon the man (1928-65); 10. Last days; Appendix 1. The chronology of William Nixon's life; Appendix 2. The publications of William Nixon; Appendix 3. The staff of the academic obstetric unit, UCH headed by W. C. W. Nixon from 1946 to 1966; Sources; Index.