Hippocrates' Handmaidens

by Esther M. Nitzberg, Ellen Cole, Esther D. Rothblum

"The doctor's wife is like other women . . . She is no longer part of the creative, collective effort, but has been powerfully pushed aside , and like women all over the world, she was made into the proverbial handmaiden. Unlike her historical counterpart, she would not be in charge of herself, her body, or her destiny or that of her children. She would spend her life doing the bidding of a gender dedicated to healing while simultaneously embracing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918393817
• ISBN13: 9780918393814
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.4"