Fictional Women Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: The Struggle for Self-Identity

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-177

  Elder, Nancy C ^a,b   Schwarzer, Andrew ^a  

^a Oregon Health Sciences University ^*

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HISTORY; LITERATURE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LITERATURE; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029680662     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02276613     Document Type: Article

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