Women in Medicine: A Celebration of Their Work - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1552979067 ISBN 13: 9781552979068

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2004

Synopsis

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 this title

From the Author:

Why you should buy this book!

Women have been providing health care since the beginning of time though rarely have they received their deserved recognition.

This book's powerful black and white photographs illustrates the dedication and caring touch of women in medicine as they tend to those entrusted to their care. There are no posed photographs; these are actual women doctors, nurses and technicians working in their offices, hospitals, schools and operating rooms. With its introduction presenting an historic account of women in the medical field, this book will be of particular interest to any woman medical professional.

Women in Medicine makes an ideal gift for every woman in the medical profession, whether she has been in the field for years or whether she is a medical student about to enter the exciting world of medicine.

About the Author:

Ted Grant has an outstanding reputation as a photojournalist whose career spans more than fifty years. He is the only photographer to earn both the prestigious gold and silver medals for Photographic Excellence presented by the National Film Board of Canada.

Sandy Carter was born in California and has worked on documentary assignments in South Korea, India, Europe and the United States.

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1552979067
• ISBN 13: 9781552979068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192