Woman as Healer

Woman as Healer
ISBN-10
0834828715
ISBN-13
9780834828711
Category
Body, Mind & Spirit
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
1991-03-13
Publisher
Shambhala Publications
Author
Jeanne Achterberg

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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