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Record Nr.

UNINA9910976050903321

Autore

Gorham Deborah

Titolo

Caring and Curing / Deborah Gorham, Dianne Dodd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : , : University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, , 1994

ISBN

9780776627021

0776627023

9780776615592

0776615599

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Soggetti

Medical / History

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives.