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Exploring the often overlooked domestic roots of healthcare and medicine, this book highlights the significant role women played in shaping these fields. With a sharp and insightful narrative, it critiques the modern profit-driven approach to medicine, emphasizing that such commodification is a constructed reality rather than an inevitable outcome. Through its engaging storytelling, it sheds light on a vital history that deserves recognition and understanding.
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The Apothecary's Wife, Karen Bloom Gevirtz
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- The Apothecary's Wife
- Subtitle
- The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Karen Bloom Gevirtz
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 340
- ISBN13
- 9780520409910
- Series
- Rating
- 3.4 out of 5
- Description
- Exploring the often overlooked domestic roots of healthcare and medicine, this book highlights the significant role women played in shaping these fields. With a sharp and insightful narrative, it critiques the modern profit-driven approach to medicine, emphasizing that such commodification is a constructed reality rather than an inevitable outcome. Through its engaging storytelling, it sheds light on a vital history that deserves recognition and understanding.