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Ellen S. More (Ed.) - Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine - 9780801890383 - V9780801890383
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Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine

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Description for Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine Paperback. Illuminating the ethnic, political, and personal diversity of women physicians, the book reveals them as dedicated professionals who grapple with obstacles and embrace challenges, even as they negotiate their own health, sexuality, and body images, the needs of their patients, and the rise of the women's health movement. Editor(s): More, Ellen S.; Fee, Elizabeth; Parry, Manon. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28, 9 black & white line drawings, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
This volume examines the wide-ranging careers and diverse lives of American women physicians, shedding light on their struggles for equality, professional accomplishment, and personal happiness over the past 150 years. Leading scholars in the history of medicine chronicle the trials and triumphs of such extraordinary women as Marie Zakrzewska, one of the first female medical graduates in the United States and founder of the New England Hospital for Women and Children; Mary S. Calderone, the courageous and controversial medical director of Planned Parenthood in the mid-twentieth century; and Esther Pohl Lovejoy, who risked her life to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801890383
SKU
V9780801890383
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-39

About Ellen S. More (Ed.)
Ellen S. More is head of the Office of Medical History and Archives at the Lamar Soutter Library and professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She is the author of the award-winning book Restoring the Balance: Women Physicians and the Profession of Medicine, 1850-1995. Elizabeth Fee is chief of the History of Medicine Division at the ... Read more

Reviews for Women Physicians and the Cultures of Medicine
This lively collection of essays will no doubt be enlightening to the current generation of medical students, historians, and scholars.
Barbara F. Atkinson
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Readers will find much to admire in this book. The individual essays, while diverse, are uniformly well written, well-researched, and impressively documented... Highly recommended.
Choice
The book would ... Read more

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