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This book contributes to the process of writing women back-in to our shared history and understanding of health and its management. The book also shows how the work of these women went beyond health management to influence political and societal change.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Harming the healers -wise women, witches and visionaries 2. Safiye Ali: The first female physician in Türkiye 3. Health revolutionary, Maida Herman Solomon: Pioneer in the field of clinical social work 4. St Ultan's Hospital for Sick Infants; Drs Kathleen Lynn, Elizabeth Tennant, Katherine Maguire, Ella Webb, and Dorothy Stopford Price 5. Ada Shillman: Midwife to the Jewish Community in Dublin 6. Elizabeth Abimbola Awoliyi: the architect of maternal public health in Nigeria 7. Edwina Jeruto Kwallah: organizing against gender-based violence 8. Examining the Contributions of Catherine Brogan to Healthcare Management: Lessons Learned from Implementing New Approaches to Mental Health Recovery - A Personal Journey 9. Ann Beckett: A Pioneering Irish Occupational Therapist 10. Morrnah Nalamaku Simeona's updated Ho'oponopono: Bridging Indigenous Wisdom and Contemporary Health 11. Professor Dame Clare Gerada: The "Doctor's Doctor" Challenging the Institution of the Medical Self 12. Conclusion-What now for women in Healthcare Management?
About the author
Robert McMurray is a Professor and Chair in Organisational Studies as well as Associate Dean for Education at the Sheffield University Management School, UK.
Éidín Ní Shé is a Senior Lecturer at the RCSI Graduate School of Healthcare Management, Ireland.
