Imperatives of Care - Women and Medicine in Colonial Korea

About the author

Sonja M. Kim is associate professor of Asian and Asian American studies at the State University of New York, Binghamton.

Summary

Places women and gender at the center of modern medical transformations in Korea. This study outlines the professionalization of medicine, nursing, and midwifery, tracing their evolution from new legal and institutional infrastructures in public health and education, and investigates women's experiences as health practitioners and patients.

Product details

• Authors: Sonja M Kim, Sonja M. Kim
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780824888404
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-8840-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Hawai'i Studies on Korea
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous