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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Women Doctors"”.
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Women doctors in the British health services : a sociological study of their careers and opportunities
This thesis is an examination of the careers of women in medicine in Britain from the 1860s to the 1970s. It begins with an analysis of some of the sociological literature on the medical profession and argues that much of this has been guided by inappropriate assumptions concerning the history and …
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Public health women doctors in England 1965 to 1991: "A perfect place for strategic butterflies"
This thesis contributes to the historiography of women in medicine by exploring, in-depth, one small specialty, public health, which, from 1974, offered women doctors working within it equality of opportunity with men for career development. At that time, most women doctors working in the English …
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Imperial wards: South Asian women doctors and the networking of medical institutions in the late-Victorian British Empire
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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A survey-based, descriptive study of the occupational health experience of pregnant women doctors working in the public health sector in the Western Cape from 2009-2015
… STUDY is to explore the experiences of pregnant women doctors working in public sector health facilities in the Western Cape and to ascertain whether occupational health laws and guidelines are being implemented for pregnant women doctors. This is being done in order to provide feedback to …
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Village Doctors and Vulnerable Bodies: Gender, Medicine, and Risk in North India
… an uncommon migration: the movement of young women doctors from urban medical colleges to rural clinics in Rajasthan, North India. The ability for young women doctors to transfer their lives to a rural clinic, even for a year or two, is vital for career advancement in Rajasthan’s government …
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Creating a Space in the Medical Profession: Female Physicians, Maternalism, and Eugenics Work in Weimar and Nazi Germany
… (1933-1945). In this study, I ask how and why women occupied particular fields within the medical profession in these years, and how women doctors reconciled their medical perspectives with their views of the Weimar and later the Nazi state. Focusing primarily on those women doctors who were …
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The Common-Health and Beyond: New Zealand Trainee Specialists in International Medical Networks, 1945-1975
… approximately three-quarters of all New Zealand doctors, and up to ninety per cent of New Zealand medical specialists, travelled overseas for the purposes of obtaining post-graduate experience and qualifications. This thesis uses oral interviews, quantification techniques, and a range of textual …
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Analysis of the design of a car seatbelt : a study of the invention and a proposal to minimize the risk of injuries during pregnancy
… are not tested for performance with pregnant women and greatly ignore the damage that can be caused to an unborn baby. In fact, the automotive seat belt has undergone almost no change since it was first patented in 1958. The forces from the seat belt against an expectant mother's abdomen leads …
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Women's sexual health in Saudi Arabia: A focused ethnographic study
… aim: This study was conducted to describe how women and health care professionals perceive sexual health and services that are currently provided in Saudi Arabia. Background: At present, the worldwide health authority, in the form of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has drawn great attention …
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What is the prevalence of intimate partner violence disclosed during routine screening in a large general practice in provincial New Zealand?
… provision of intervention services such as women’s refuge or the police. This research aimed to explore the prevalence of IPV disclosure during routine screening in a large general practice in provincial New Zealand (NZ). A statistical analysis was applied to four and a half years’ of …