Presenting The Pulse: The Impact of Maternity Ward Closures

05/08/2021 21 min Temporada 1 Episodio 123
Presenting The Pulse: The Impact of Maternity Ward Closures

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Hosted by Maiken Scott and aired weekly on WHYY and other NPR member stations, The Pulse tells stories at the heart of health, science and innovation. This particular Pulse story, reported by Alan Yu and Nina Feldman, looks at a crisis of maternity ward closures that recently hit the city of Philadelphia, and the surprising alliances and unexpected outcomes that it catalyzed.Dig deeper into The Pulse team's research: https://whyy.org/segments/how-philadelphia-escaped-disaster-in-the-face-of-a-dozen-shuttered-maternity-wards/Keep up with all Tradeoffs activity this month: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/08/05/august-hiatus-episodesSign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletterSupport this type of journalism today, with a gift: https://tradeoffs.org/donateFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.