Prescribed norms : women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800 /

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"By comparing ritual practices of various cultures, Prescribed Norms demonstrates how looking at women's health through a masculine lens has distorted current medical understandings of menstruation, menopause, and childbirth, and has often led to faulty medical conclusions. Warsh also illu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Women > Health and hygiene > Canada > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > United States > History.
Women's health services > Canada > History.
Women's health services > United States > History.
Women's Health > history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Women's Health Services > history
Femmes > Santé et hygiène > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis > Histoire.
Femmes > Soins médicaux > Canada > Histoire.
Femmes > Soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HISTORY > North America.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women's health services.
Canada
United States
Canada.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I, Rituals. Wendy's last night in the nursery : the "disease" of menstruation and its treatment ; Gladys, take your medicine! The culture and business of menopause
  • Part II, Technologies. Traditional childbirth : mothers and babies ; Modern childbirth : mothers and doctors ; Future childbirth : doctors and babies
  • Part III, Professions. Networks of support, networks of opposition : the medical education of women ; Nursing : the science of womanly arts
  • Epilogue : the case for chaos.

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