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- Paperback Edition
- ISBN: 978-1-55861-661-5
- Publication Date: 07-01-2010
- Page Count: 112
- Categories: Education, Feminist Theory, Forthcoming, Health/Medicine, History, Nonfiction, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Violence
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses (Second Edition)
A History of Women Healers
As another agonizing attempt is made to shift the future of health care in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched this system—which is failing—is.
Witches, Midwives & Nurses, first published by the Feminist Press in 1973, is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch-hunts. In this new edition, Ehrenreich and English add an entirely new section delving into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé of the demonization of women healers, and the political and economic monopolization of medicine.
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- Cassandra
- Florence Nightingale
- Complaints and Disorders
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