Her medical training has a profound impact on the book, but even more so weighs the event that changed her life: the premature birth and death of twin boys. (goodreads.com)
The doctors stopped signing birth and death certificates, but continued treating their patients. (firstthings.com)
The global population peak will still largely be determined by changes in birth and death rates in developing countries that, for the moment, remain deeply impoverished. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)