The Resource Caring and curing : historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada, edited by Dianne Dodd and Deborah Gorham
Caring and curing : historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada, edited by Dianne Dodd and Deborah Gorham
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- Summary
- This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Helpers or heroines? The National Council of Women, nursing, and "woman's work" in late Victorian Canada
- Shifting Professional boundaries: gender conflict in public health, 1920-1925
- Science and technique: nurses' work in a Canadian hospital, 1920-1939
- "Larger fish to catch here than midwives": midwifery and the medical profession in nineteenth-century Ontario
- Helen MacMurchy: popular midwifery and maternity services for Canadian pioneer women
- Isbn
- 9780776615592
- Label
- Caring and curing : historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada
- Title
- Caring and curing
- Title remainder
- historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Dianne Dodd and Deborah Gorham
- Title variation
- Historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada
- Subject
-
- Canada
- Canada
- Delivery of Health Care -- history
- Essays
- Femmes en médecine -- Canada -- Histoire
- History
- History of medicine
- Medical care
- Medical care -- Canada -- History
- Medicine
- Medicine: general issues
- Midwifery -- history
- Physicians, Women -- history
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Soins médicaux -- Canada -- Histoire
- Women in medicine
- Women in medicine -- Canada -- History
- canada
- healing
- women
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives
- Cataloging source
- SFB
- Dewey number
- 305.4361/0971
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- R692
- LC item number
- .G63 1994eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 1994 I-801
- WZ 80.5.W5 DC2
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Dodd, Dianne
- Gorham, Deborah
- Series statement
-
- Social sciences series
- Canadian society
- Series volume
- 18.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Medical care
- Women in medicine
- Delivery of Health Care
- Midwifery
- Physicians, Women
- Canada
- Soins médicaux
- Femmes en médecine
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- History of medicine
- Medicine
- Medicine: general issues
- Medical care
- Women in medicine
- Canada
- Label
- Caring and curing : historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada, edited by Dianne Dodd and Deborah Gorham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Helpers or heroines? The National Council of Women, nursing, and "woman's work" in late Victorian Canada -- Shifting Professional boundaries: gender conflict in public health, 1920-1925 -- Science and technique: nurses' work in a Canadian hospital, 1920-1939 -- "Larger fish to catch here than midwives": midwifery and the medical profession in nineteenth-century Ontario -- Helen MacMurchy: popular midwifery and maternity services for Canadian pioneer women
- Control code
- 243500930
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780776615592
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 578785
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1cmr8kd
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)243500930
- Label
- Caring and curing : historical perspectives on women and healing in Canada, edited by Dianne Dodd and Deborah Gorham
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Helpers or heroines? The National Council of Women, nursing, and "woman's work" in late Victorian Canada -- Shifting Professional boundaries: gender conflict in public health, 1920-1925 -- Science and technique: nurses' work in a Canadian hospital, 1920-1939 -- "Larger fish to catch here than midwives": midwifery and the medical profession in nineteenth-century Ontario -- Helen MacMurchy: popular midwifery and maternity services for Canadian pioneer women
- Control code
- 243500930
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 218 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780776615592
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 578785
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1cmr8kd
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)243500930
Subject
- Canada
- Canada
- Delivery of Health Care -- history
- Essays
- Femmes en médecine -- Canada -- Histoire
- History
- History of medicine
- Medical care
- Medical care -- Canada -- History
- Medicine
- Medicine: general issues
- Midwifery -- history
- Physicians, Women -- history
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Soins médicaux -- Canada -- Histoire
- Women in medicine
- Women in medicine -- Canada -- History
- canada
- healing
- women
Genre
Member of
- Social sciences (Ottawa, Ont.), Canadian society
- Sciences sociales, Société canadienne, no. 18
- Social sciences (Ottawa, Ont.), 18
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