NIH VideoCast - Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine - Mrs. Medicine: Doctors’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care

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Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine - Mrs. Medicine: Doctors’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care

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Air date:	Thursday, September 21, 2023, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 188 (93 Live, 95 On-demand)
Category:	History
Runtime:	01:15:04
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Description:	7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine: Marrying a doctor was presented as an aspirational goal for many young women in the twentieth century United States. For those who succeeded in securing a physician husband, however, married life was often hard work. From fundraising for hospital construction to waging political campaigns to answering patients’ phone calls, the doctor’s wife was an essential part of the growth of the American health care system as we know it. Drawing on a wide variety of NLM resources—particularly the publications of medical women’s auxiliary groups—this talk will argue that an understanding of marriage and domestic partnership has been an unfortunately neglected key element in our histories of medicine.

NLM Title:	Mrs. medicine : doctors' wives and the making of modern American health care / Kelly S. O'Donnell.
Author:	O'Donnell, Kelly S. National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division,
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Abstract:	(CIT): 7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine: Marrying a doctor was presented as an aspirational goal for many young women in the twentieth century United States. For those who succeeded in securing a physician husband, however, married life was often hard work. From fundraising for hospital construction to waging political campaigns to answering patients" phone calls, the doctor"s wife was an essential part of the growth of the American health care system as we know it. Drawing on a wide variety of NLM resources--particularly the publications of medical women"s auxiliary groups--this talk will argue that an understanding of marriage and domestic partnership has been an unfortunately neglected key element in our histories of medicine.
Subjects:	History of Medicine Marriage--history Physician's Role--history Physicians--history Spouses--history United States
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WZ 70 AA1
NLM ID:	9918681338806676
CIT Live ID:	48695
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=48695

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