TY - GEN AU - Dodd,Dianne AU - Gorham,Deborah TI - Caring and Curing : Historical Perspectives on Women and Healing in Canada SN - OAPEN_578785 PY - 1994/// PB - University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa KW - History of medicine KW - bicssc KW - essays KW - healing KW - canada KW - women KW - Health care KW - Medicine KW - Midwife KW - Midwifery KW - Nursing KW - Ontario KW - Public health N1 - Open Access N2 - This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33005/1/578785.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33005/1/578785.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33005/1/578785.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38514 ER -