Women's medicine : sex, family planning and British female doctors in transnational perspective, 1920-70 /

Women's medicine highlights British female doctors' key contribution to the production and circulation of scientific knowledge around contraception, family planning and sexual disorders between 1920-70. It argues that women doctors were pivotal in developing a holistic approach to family p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rusterholz, Caroline (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Colección:Social histories of medicine.
Temas:
1900-1999
Family planning > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women in medicine > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women's health services > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Contraception > history
Physicians, Women > history
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological > history
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological > history
History, 20th Century
Planification familiale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes en médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
Family planning
Women in medicine
Women's health services
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Gender equality.
birth control.
contraception.
contraceptive technologies.
gender.
infertility.
medicalisation.
professionalisation.
sexual counselling.
transnational.
women doctors.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Giving birth control medical credentials in Britain: 1920-70
  • 2. Sexual disorders and infertility: expanding the work of the clinics
  • 3. Medicalising birth control at the international conferences (1920-37): a British-French comparison
  • 4. Building a transnational movement for family planning: 1928-70
  • 5. Testing IUDs: a transnational journey of expertise.

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