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Irish women in medicine, c.1880s-1920s : Origins, education and careers /

This book is the first comprehensive history of Irish women in medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It focuses on the debates surrounding women's admission to Irish medical schools, the geographical and social backgrounds of early women medical students, their educatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Laura, 1986- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York [New York] : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Debates surrounding women's admission to the medical profession
  • 2. The admission of women to the KQCPI and Irish medical schools
  • 3. Becoming a medical student
  • 4. Women's experiences of Irish medical education
  • 5. Careers and opportunities
  • 6. Trends in the careers of Irish women doctors : emigration, marriage and the First World War
  • 7. Medical lives : case studies of five Irish women medical graduates
  • 8. Conclusions.