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OverviewWomen have long been crucial to the provision of medical services, both in the treatment of sickness and in maintaining health. In this study, Susan Broomhall situates the practices and perceptions of women's medical work in France in the context of the sixteenth century and its medical evolution and innovations. She argues that early modern understandings of medical practice and authority were highly flexible and subject to change. She furthermore examines how a focus on female practitioners, who cut across most sectors of early modern medical practice, can reveal the multifaceted phenomenon of these negotiations for authority.This new paperback edition of Women's medical work in early modern France skilfully combines detailed research with a clear presentation of the existing literature of women's medical work, making it invaluable to students of gender and medical history. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Broomhall , Pamela Sharpe , Penny Summerfield , Lynn AbramsPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780719062872ISBN 10: 071906287 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 30 November 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on text Introduction 1. Women and the medical guilds 2. The university: women and the Faculty of Medicine in Paris 3. Hospital nursing by women religious: the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris 4. Female healing before the law 5. The book trades: female medical practice in print 6. Nursing, caring, curing: women’s work in municipal child care 7. The world of the court: women serving the royal family 8. French women and reproductive knowledge at the Spanish court 9. Elite women and reproductive knowledge: the Nassau sisters Afterword Bibliography Index -- .ReviewsShe is able to put together a coherent and impressive picture of women in health care, women functioning and writing about it for both male and female readerships. Chronique She is able to put together a coherent and impressive picture of women in health care, women functioning and writing about it for both male and female readerships. Chronique -- . She is able to put together a coherent and impressive picture of women in health care, women functioning and writing about it for both male and female readerships. Chronique She is able to put together a coherent and impressive picture of women in health care, women functioning and writing about it for both male and female readerships. -- Chronique """She is able to put together a coherent and impressive picture of women in health care, women functioning and writing about it for both male and female readerships."" Chronique" Author InformationSusan Broomhall is Winthrop Professor of Early Modern History at The University of Western Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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