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Medicine as a profession. Physicians

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  • The International Migration of Health Workersby Ms Rebecca S. Shah

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00

    Experts from ethicists and political philosophers to clinicians and trade unionists seek answers to a number of key ethical questions to further a deeper understanding of the ethics of health worker migration. more...

  • Medicine before Scienceby Roger French

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 30.00

    This book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. While to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre, the historical evidence is they were judged by other criteria and helped to construct the expectations of society. more...

  • Sophia Jex-Blakeby Shirley Roberts

    Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 153.00

    Sophia Jex-Blake led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession. Before taking up this cause she had studied women's education in England, Germany and the United states, and rejected the popular contemporary view that higher education would be wasted on women. Her medical crusade in Britain resulted in women's... more...

  • Witches, Midwives, & Nursesby Barbara Ehrenreich; Deirdre English

    The Feminist Press at CUNY 2010; US$ 8.95

    A bestseller for decades, this contemporary classic gets a substantial new introduction by the authors. more...

  • Critical Reflection in Contextby Jan Fook; Fiona Gardner

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 46.95

    Critical reflection enables practitioners ? especially those within health and social care ?to theorise from their own practice, improving and developing their work and practising both creatively and professionally. This book provides an accessible overview of the influential Fook/Gardner Critical Reflection framework for students, researchers and... more...

  • Sustainability for Healthcare Management: A Leadership Imperativeby Carrie R. Rich; J. Knox Singleton; Seema S. Wadhwa

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95

    Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order to enlighten leadership about the value of sustainability... more...

  • Daughters of Haritiby Santi Rozario; Geoffrey Samuel

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 151.00

    Hariti is the ancient Indian goddess of childbirth and women healers, known at one time throughout South and Southeast Asia from India to Nepal and Bali. Daughters of Hariti looks at her 'daughters' today, female midwives and healers in many different cultures across the region. It also traces the transformation of childbirth in these cultures under... more...

  • Doctors' Careersby James Parkhouse

    Taylor and Francis 1991; US$ 200.00

    A unique record of the aspirations, feelings and experiences of a large group of doctors, during a time of considerable changes in emigration, training for general practice, and the position of women doctors. more...

  • Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800by Leigh Whaley

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00

    Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800. more...