{"product_id":"9781462843473","title":"Time To Testify","description":"Time To Testify provides a fascinating view into the private practice of obstetrics and gynecology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                  Dr. Jay Atwell is on duty when the wife of a JAG officer goes into labor and ruptures her uterus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The instant his scalpel enters the abdominal cavity, a sea of red floods over the edges of the table and splatters onto the green tiled floor. He worries about the baby, hopes it wouldn’t be brain damaged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         The first rays of dawn barely visible,  he knows how little time separates light from darkness, how only minutes separated triumph from disaster, and how only seconds separate life from death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  His relationship with a navy nurse is more than comradery. He leaves the navy and searchs for a place to set up practice, checks out a Catholic hospital. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        “Sister Agnes, your hospital’s reproductive policies are oppressive to women, offensive to my own beliefs, and incompatible with those of my profession. Do you get special absolution from the Vatican to distort the truth?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   In his struggle to upgrade Clarkesville´s obstetrical department he locks horns with hospital bureaucracy and demands that obstetrical nurses be trained to scrub-in for emergency cesareans in order to meet the required thirty–minute start-up time.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Vivian, his longtime patient, begs him to deliver her next baby by VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean). He refuses to handle her pregnancy. Vivian ruptures her womb, loses her baby and her uterus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         Dr. Atwell blames the hospital. “I repeatedly warned this hospital´s administration that our department of obstetrics was a disaster waiting to happen and they did nothing to correct the problems. A disaster is exactly what happened.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  After Vivian is awarded thousands of dollars she names Dr. Atwell as a defendant in a malpractice suit. Eight years later, he stands trial. A surprise witness testifies for Vivian, but her testimony backfires. “Dr. Atwell was the obstetrician on duty the night I was born . . . the night my mother’s uterus ruptured. He performed an emergency caesarean . . . pulled me out . . . saved my life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ellen Jones, a retired navy nurse and Dr. Atwell’s old flame, attends the trial. The jury deliberates, Vivian’s attorney becomes ill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The verdict is in. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             Setting and Location\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  A labor and delivery ward in Northern Maryland, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, and Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. Dr. Atwell’s private office, Doctors’ surgical lounge, Clarkesville Memorial Hospital. The Gulf Coast of Florida. A courtroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Main Character\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Jay Atwell opens doors into the real world of obstetrics. He is frustrated, but relentless and compassionate in his fight for women’s rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Other Characters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Claire Foley, wife of a U.S. Navy JAG Officer\u003cbr\u003e Commander Ellen Jones, navy nurse\u003cbr\u003e Quincy Sadler, obstetrician\u003cbr\u003e Bill VanBuren, An Errol Flynn–type general surgeon\u003cbr\u003e Vivian Andrews, longtime patient   \u003cbr\u003e Lauren La Fonte, chief nurse \u003cbr\u003e Reggie Lehman, hospital administrator\u003cbr\u003e Derek Brooks, orderly\u003cbr\u003e Georgette Cohen, newspaper reporter\u003cbr\u003e Lawyers and physicians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            Themes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Malpractice\/the legal profession \u003cbr\u003e VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)\u003cbr\u003e Professional jealousy\u003cbr\u003e Sterilization\/abortion\/religion\u003cbr\u003e               Action Scenes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Operating room—a ruptured uterus\u003cbr\u003e Cesarean section for breech\u003cbr\u003e Vaginal delivery\/hydrocephalic Breech\u003cbr\u003e A deadly courtroom scene\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124715864304,"sku":"9781462843473","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462843473_p0.jpg?v=1763679161","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462843473","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}