The Resource Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell
Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell
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The item Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boxford Town Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boxford Town Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they frequently avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness - a negative diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs, or be received in polite society. Motivated by personal loss and frustration over inadequate medical care, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jex-Blake fought for a woman's place in the male-dominated medical field. For the first time ever, Women in White Coats tells the complete history of these three pioneering women who, despite countless obstacles, earned medical degrees and paved the way for other women to do the same. Though very different in personality and circumstance, together these women built women-run hospitals and teaching colleges - creating for the first time medical care for women by women"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 447 pages (large print)
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Harlequin Books S.A
- Isbn
- 9781643589336
- Label
- Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine
- Title
- Women in white coats
- Title remainder
- how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Olivia Campbell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the early 1800s, women were dying in large numbers from treatable diseases because they frequently avoided receiving medical care. Examinations performed by male doctors were often demeaning and even painful. In addition, women faced stigma from illness - a negative diagnosis could greatly limit their ability to find husbands, jobs, or be received in polite society. Motivated by personal loss and frustration over inadequate medical care, Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sophia Jex-Blake fought for a woman's place in the male-dominated medical field. For the first time ever, Women in White Coats tells the complete history of these three pioneering women who, despite countless obstacles, earned medical degrees and paved the way for other women to do the same. Though very different in personality and circumstance, together these women built women-run hospitals and teaching colleges - creating for the first time medical care for women by women"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Campbell, Olivia M
- Dewey number
- 610.92/2
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- R692
- LC item number
- C367 2021d
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Blackwell, Elizabeth
- Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
- Jex-Blake, Sophia
- Women physicians
- Large type books
- Label
- Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Harlequin Books S.A
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1243262347
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 447 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643589336
- Lccn
- 2021932363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1243262347
- Label
- Women in white coats : how the first women doctors changed the world of medicine, Olivia Campbell
- Note
- Regular print version previously published by: Harlequin Books S.A
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1243262347
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print edition.
- Extent
- 447 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643589336
- Lccn
- 2021932363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1243262347
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