HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Topnotch, Abraham Flexner, Mother Teresa
27 Sep 2016
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Health and health care position of leadership. Both in europe and western society, women the original healers or doctors . Men exercise a well thought out plan to suppress women: men wanted to dominate the professional field (executed an active takeover , men"s view and women"s views differ regarding health and health care (extrinsic vs. intrinsic) Intrinsic caring from women is seen through mother teresa and princess diana (in times of aids she voluntarily sought those who were sick and shook their hand) Historically, women healers were formally recognized as early as 476 a. d. 1450 a. d: recognized and respected during the middle ages. Both male and female cohorts find themselves in different areas of healthcare. Men hatched the medical dream in 1300 1600 a. d. (approx. ) and supressed them into a less dominant role: ruling class allowed men to execute this professional/medical takeover. Together they created an aura of contamination around women healers (i. e. witch craze)
