Body Failure : Medical Views of Women, 1900-1950 /

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In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchinson, Wendy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women patients.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Physician and patient.
Medicine.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
Relations medecin-patient.
Medecine > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Relations medecin-patient > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Femmes > Sante et hygiene > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Patientes > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Women's Health > history
Physician-Patient Relations
Patients > history
Medicine > Canada > History > 20th century.
Physician and patient > Canada > History > 20th century.
Women > Health and hygiene > Canada > History > 20th century.
Women patients > Canada > History > 20th century.
Canada.
Canada
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Womanâ€?s Place""; ""2 Growing Up and Facing Puberty""; ""3 â€oeYou canâ€?t be at your best when youâ€?re sitting in a swampâ€?: Menstruation""; ""4 Understanding Sexuality""; ""5 Advice on Marriage and Motherhood""; ""6 â€oeOn the fringe of knowledgeâ€?: Infertility""; ""7 Controlling Fertility: Birth Control and Abortion""; ""8 â€oeThe ... mischievous tendency of specialismâ€?: Gynaecology""; ""9 The Womanly Body: A Cancer Threat""; ""10 The Mindâ€?s Health""; ""11 Menopause: The End of Womanhood""
  • ConclusionNotes on Sources and Methodology
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Illustrations

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