TY - BOOK ID - 48257 TI - Caring and Curing : Historical Perspectives on Women and Healing in Canada AU - Dianne Dodd AU - Deborah Gorham PY - 1994 SN - 9780776627021 DB - DOAB KW - women KW - gender KW - birth KW - public policies KW - health KW - midwife UR - https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:48257 AB - 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. ER -