Photography Photoessays & Documentaries
Women in Medicine
A Celebration of Their Work
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2004
- Category
- Photoessays & Documentaries, History, Women's Studies
-
Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781552979068
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
A photographic tribute to women doctors, nurses and other medical professionals.
Women in Medicine celebrates the women who spend their lives providing treatment, giving comfort and easing the pain of patients in hospitals and clinics across North America.
The book's introduction traces the tumultuous progress of women healers from ancient Egypt until the present. Centuries before medical schools formally trained women, they learned through trial and error by caring for family members. The acceptance of women's ability to heal changed with the times -- one era's angel of mercy was another era's witch. Today, women comprise over 80 percent of all medical workers and are increasing their numbers as doctors, surgeons, researchers and professors.
The striking black and white photographs capture the daily working lives of women in medicine in a variety of roles including:
- Midwives
- Nurses
- Technicians
- Therapists
- Physicians' Assistants
- Researchers.
Sprinkled throughout these candid, unposed images are memorable quotes from both historic and contemporary sources.
About the authors
Ted Grant and Sandy Carter, introduction by Judith Finlayson
Judith Finlayson is a Toronto based food writer, journalist and author with a life-long love of cooking. Her slow cooker books have sold more than 500,000 copies. Among her many books are The Best Diabetes Slow Cooker Recipes; 175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics; The Healthy Slow Cooker; 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes; and The Convenience Cook.
Editorial Reviews
A story told in black and white... capture[s] the tapestry of these public and private moments.
Hamilton Spectator
An excellent book for any photo library... Photojournalists and nurses will love this book! A real tribute!
Travel Photographers Network
Recommended for medical school libraries, large public libraries, and the personal libraries of women working in the medical fields.
E-Streams
What really strikes home in these photographs is the culture of caring that these women bring to their job.
Victoria Times Colonist
105 stunning images.
Spokane Spokesman-Review
This ought to be on the coffee table of every woman health-care worker in the country... gritty documentary feel to [photographs], but unambiguously admiring.
Globe and Mail
Stunning black and white photography... a welcome celebration of women on the front lines of life and death in North America.
Canadian Book Review Annual
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