Woman as Healer
$43.46
- Paperback
268 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2013
Summary
This groundbreaking work examines the role of women in the Western healing traditions. Drawing on the disciplines of history, anthropology, botany, archaeology, and the behavioral sciences, Jeanne Achterberg discusses the ancient cultures in which women worked as independent and honored healers; the persecution of women healers in the witch hunts of the Middle Ages; the development of midwifery and nursing as women’s professions in the nineteenth century; and the current role of women and the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780877736165 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0877736162 |
| Author: | Jeanne Achterberg |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 268 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 381g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Jeanne Achterberg
Jeanne Achterberg, PhD, (1942-2012) was a professor of psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (now Sofia University) and served as associate professor and director of research in rehabilitation science at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
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