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Author McCalman, Janet, 1948-

Title Sex and suffering : women's health and a women's hospital, the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1856-1996
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1998

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 MELB  362.11099451 Mcc/Sas  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 420 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Series Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection
Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection
Summary A history of childbirth in Australia; of the medical care of women; of nursing work; of revolutions in sexuality, fertility control and gender roles; and of the impact of immigration on Australian society____________
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibligraphical references (pages 412-413) and index
Subject Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne, Vic.) -- History.
Hospitals -- Maternity services -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History.
Hospitals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History.
Women's hospitals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History.
Women's health services -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History.
Women's hospitals -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Women's hospitals.
History of Medicine.
Women's Health.
Abortion, Induced -- history.
Gynecology -- history.
Hospitals -- history.
Hospitals, Maternity -- history.
Obstetrics -- history.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- history.
Women's Health Services -- history.
Women's Health -- history.
SUBJECT Victoria. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014739
Victoria. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014739
Author Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne)
ISBN 0522848370