Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
"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 illuminates how the shift from informal to more formal, institutionalized treatment impacts both women's health care and women's roles as health practitioners"--Pub. info |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-303) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Canada -- History
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History
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Women's health services -- Canada -- History
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Women's health services -- United States -- History
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Women's Health -- history
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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Women's Health Services -- history
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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HISTORY -- North America.
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Women -- Health and hygiene
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Women's health services
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SUBJECT |
Canada |
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United States |
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Canada
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781442686557 |
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1442686553 |
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