Women's medicine : sex, family planning and British female doctors in transnational perspective, 1920-70

Women's medicine sex, family planning and British female doctors in transnational perspective, 1920-70

Women's medicine highlights British female doctors' key contribution to the production and circulation of scientific knowledge around contraception, family planning and sexual disorders between 1920-70. It argues that women doctors were pivotal in developing a holistic approach to family p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rusterholz, Caroline, 1986- author (author), Rusterholz, Caroline, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2020.
Colección:Social histories of medicine.
Materias:
Family planning > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women in medicine > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women's health services > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009840104006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Short biographies of the main characters
  • Introduction
  • 1 Giving birth control medical credentials in Britain: 1920-70
  • 2 Sexual disorders and infertility
  • 3 Medicalising birth control at the international conferences (1920-37)
  • 4 Building a transnational movement for family planning: 1928-70
  • 5 Testing IUDs
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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