A Biographical Dictionary of Women Healers: Midwives, Nurses, and Physicians Contributor(s): Scrivener, Laurie (Author), Barnes, J. Suzanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 157356219X ISBN-13: 9781573562195 Publisher: Greenwood
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: May 2002 Annotation: Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the "core" professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present. For the high school or college student, it will serve as an introduction to the lives of these healers; some students may be inspired to do further research on them or may be inspired to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing, will find the biographies useful starting points for more in-depth research. Each biography provides references for further reading and study. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Health & Fitness | Women's Health - General - Medical | Dictionaries & Terminology |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2001058031 |
Physical Information: 0.97" H x 7.22" W x 10.26" L (1.98 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Health & Fitness |
Features: Bibliography |
Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2002 pg. 68 Booklist 10/01/2002 pg. 354 Choice 11/01/2002 pg. 447 Booklist 03/01/2003 pg. 1232 American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 647 Library Journal 07/15/2002 |
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Publisher Description: Women have always been healers; they have helped each other through the birthing process, nursed the sick and wounded, and sought cures for illnesses and injuries. This book summarizes the lives of 240 significant or representative women who have engaged in the core professions of mid-wifery, nursing, and medicine (exclusive of psychiatry), and whose careers were primarily spent in the United States and Canada, from colonial times to the present. For the high school or college student, it will serve as an introduction to the lives of these healers; some students may be inspired to do further research on them or may be inspired to become healers themselves. Women's Studies scholars, biographers, and historians of science, medicine, or nursing, will find the biographies useful starting points for more in-depth research. Each biography provides references for further reading and study. |
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