Barbara Ehrenreich og Deirdre English

'Witches, Midwives, & Nurses (Second Edition)'

Bog | Engelsk

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry. As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are

'Complaints & Disorders [Complaints and Disorders]: The Sexual Politics of Sickness'

Bog | Engelsk

From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices sho