Medical Bondage Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology |
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| Author:
| Owens, Deirdre Cooper |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5135-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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Medical Bondage moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how nineteenth-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals.
Medical Bondage moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how nineteenth-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals.