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Available
Publication
Shambhala (1990), Edition: New edition, 256 pages
Description
This groundbreaking work examines the role of women in the Western healing traditions. Drawing on the disciplines of history, anthropology, botany, archaeology, and the behavioral sciences, Jeanne Achterberg discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honored healers; the persecution of women healers in the witch hunts of the Middle Ages; the development of midwifery and nursing as women's professions in the nineteenth century; and the current role of women and the state of the healing arts, as a time of crisis in the health-care professions coincides with the reemergence of feminine values.
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This groundbreaking work examines the role of women in the Western healing traditions. Drawing on the disciplines of history, anthropology, botany, archaeology, and the behavioral sciences, Jeanne Achterberg discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honored healers,
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the persecution of women healers in the witch hunts of the Middle Ages, the development of midwifery and nursing as women’s professions in the nineteenth century, and the current role of women and the state of the healing arts, as a time of crisis in the health-care professions coincides with the reemergence of feminine values. Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1990
Physical description
256 p.; 9.2 inches
ISBN
0877734445 / 9780877734444