Prescribed norms : women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800 / Cheryl Krasnick Warsh.

Author
Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick, 1957- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
North York, Ont. ; Tonawanda, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, [2010], ©2010.
Description
xvii, 316 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

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    Details

    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Pt. I. Rituals
    • Ch. 1. Wendy's Last Night in the Nursery: The "Disease" of Menstruation and Its Treatment
    • Ch. 2. Gladys, Take Your Medicine! The Culture and Business of Menopause
    • Pt. II. Technologies
    • Ch. 3. Traditional Childbirth: Mothers and Babies
    • Ch. 4. Modern Childbirth: Mothers and Doctors
    • Ch. 5. Future Childbirth: Doctors and Babies
    • Pt. III. Professions
    • Ch. 6. Networks of Support, Networks ofOpposition:The Medical Education of Women
    • Ch. 7. Nursing: The Science of Womanly Arts
    • Epilogue: The Case for Chaos.
    ISBN
    • 9781442600614 (pbk.)
    • 1442600616 (pbk.)
    • 9781442603592 (bound)
    • 1442603593 (bound)
    OCLC
    461551638
    Other standard number
    • 99937217146
    RCP
    C - S
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