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What Bubbe Hannah Knew: Lessons for Health Reform From A 19th Century Midwife

By Cathy Raphael

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am

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What would a late 19th century midwife think of the fact that some 100 years later, the U.S. ranks 42nd globally in maternal mortality rates, the highest among industrialized countries?

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The Every Day "Jaycee's"

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm

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Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.


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