The Cape Doctor in the Nineteenth Century A Social History |
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| Volume Editor:
| Deacon, Harriet
Phillips, Howard
van Heyningen, Elizabeth |
| Series title: | Clio Medica Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-1064-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $62.00 |
Book Description:
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The Cape Doctoris a social history of medicine, which places formal Western medicine within its political, social and economic context. The work shows the way in which the Cape medical profession excluded all but a few women and black practitioners, and discriminated along lines of race, class and gender in their practice.
The Cape Doctoris a social history of medicine, which places formal Western medicine within its political, social and economic context. The work shows the way in which the Cape medical profession excluded all but a few women and black practitioners, and discriminated along lines of race, class and gender in their practice.