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Woman as Healer |  | Author: Jeanne Achterberg
Publisher: Shambhala
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 328298
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition.
Pages: 268
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0877736162
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.82
EAN: 9780877736165
ASIN: 0877736162
Publication Date: March 13, 1991
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This groundbreaking work examines the role of the feminine in the Western healing traditions. Drawing upon anthropology, history, botany, archaeology and the behaviorial sciences, Dr. Achterberg discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as honored healers; the persecuted healers of the witch trial era; midwifery and nursing in the 19th century; and the developing healing arts of our time. 10 halftones.
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A life-changing read! August 20, 2007
A. Burns (Bangor, ME USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I started reading this for my Women's Health course and could NOT put it down. If you are looking for a general yet intelligent and emotional overview of women's history of healing (or lack thereof) this text is for you. I highly recommend it!
Excellent well researched book on woman healers March 7, 1999
patdietzgen@worldnet.attnet (USA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Excellent well researched book on the roots and history of woman in medicine and healing. Jeanne Achterberg does an excellent job with a difficult subject. Most of the written documentation about women has been destroyed or misinterpreted by male scholars throughout history. One must be a thorough detective to sift through all of the documentation to find information on this subject.Her interpretations are fair and,I believe, totally valid. This book is for anyone who is a healer or works in the medical profession or those of us who understand the bias in research writen by white european males. To those of you who disparage such work, because of lack of evidence, I suggest you look toward your spirit, and contemplate the injustice of destroying the evidence of the past and then writing your own history to justify the power you hold.
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