HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abraham Flexner, Ruling Class
2 Feb 2018
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In europe and western society, women were the original healers or doctors. Men exercise a well though out plan to suppress women healers and take over. Men wanted to be the dominate professionals in the health sector. There were no hospital, it was trial and error and women were the pros are birth-giving and they shared the information they shared through their experiences. The men executed an active takeover - very extrinsic - need for power and control. Men"s dream of controlling healing (medicine) and related institutional organizations. Men"s view and women"s views differ regarding health and health care extrinsic vs. intrinsic. Historically women healers formally recognized as early as 476 a. d. 1450 a. d. 1300"s -1600"s men initiated and carried out the manipulated suppression of women healers. Ruling class: both political and religious elements create an aura of contamination around women better known as the witch craze : women healers seen as a threat:
