Fictional women physicians in the nineteenth century: The struggle for self-identity [Book Review]

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Journal of Medical Humanities 17 (3):165-177 (1996)
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By the late nineteenth century, there were large numbers of women physicians in the United States. Three Realist novels of the time,Dr. Breen's Practice, by William Dean Howells,Dr. Zay, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps andA Country Doctor, by Sarah Orne Jewett, feature women doctors as protagonists. The issues in these novels mirrored current issues in medicine and society. By contrasting the lives of these fictional women doctors to their historical counterparts, it is seen that, while the novels are good attempts to he truthful treatments of women physicians' struggles, in certain areas they do not accurately address the concerns of women physicians

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The Social Transformation of American Medicine.Paul Starr - 1984 - Science and Society 48 (1):116-118.
Women in nineteenth century homeopathic medicine.Harriet A. Squier - 1995 - Journal of Medical Humanities 16 (2):121-131.

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