Medicine woman

The only firebrand was Sophia Jex-Blake, who tackled the Edinburgh authorities head on, but the bone of contention was their failure to award her a chemistry prize, not the genital mutilation of women. The woman doctor depicted in this television series is not an 1890s medical student: she is a 1990...

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Published in:BMJ 1995-06, Vol.310 (6993), p.1543-1543
Main Author: Van Someren, Vivienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hospitals
Medicine And The Media
Women
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Summary:The only firebrand was Sophia Jex-Blake, who tackled the Edinburgh authorities head on, but the bone of contention was their failure to award her a chemistry prize, not the genital mutilation of women. The woman doctor depicted in this television series is not an 1890s medical student: she is a 1990s women's studies student who has strayed into a time machine.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.310.6993.1543