Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (286 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813158540
,
9780813158549
Inhalt:
Women have traditionally been expected to tend the sick as part of their domestic duties; yet throughout history they have faced an uphill struggle to be accepted as healers outside the household. In this provocative anthology, twelve essays by historians and literary scholars explore the work of women as healers and physicians. The essays range across centuries, nations, and cultures to focus on the ideological and practical obstacles women have faced in the world of medicine. Each examines the situation of women healers in a particular time and place through cases that are emblematic of large
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 081312011X
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Women healers and physicians Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Mehr zum Autor:
Furst, Lilian R. 1931-2009
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