One theory lays the blame for the witch hunts and the relationship of nurses to witches on the MEN. The Witch trials of Northern Europe and the Salem Witch Trials all have some relationship to healthcare practices. Multiple documents address this historical relationship. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.There is a distinct correlation in the history of Witches, Nurses, and Midwives. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. In this new and updated edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English delve into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. First published by the Feminist Press in 1973, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry. Seller Inventory # INJ9781558616615īook Description Paperback. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.

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