Women in Health Management

Global Revolutionaries
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-89825-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Health Management

Writings on health and health management have long been concerned with the great figures that have preserved, protected or extended life. From Hippocrates and Galen to Vesalius, Lister, Mengele, Pasteur, Jenner and Fleming these writings have celebrated individuals whose knowledge and practice has treated our ills and sought to better manage our care. For the most part, this has been a history of ‘great men’ [sic]. There are honorable mentions for a small number of women such as Elizabeth Blackwell or Florence Nightingale but, by and large, one would be forgiven for assuming that the management of health has nearly always been the preserve of men. The contribution of women is largely absent – written out.

This book contributes to the process of writing women back-in to our shared history and understanding of health and its management. Its chapters detail how women have been the main healers for communities across the globe for over four millennia. It considers the manner in which ‘wise women’ who used their knowledge of herbs, ritual and healing were excluded from emerging medical professions, while their good works were written over and written out of local histories through their marginalization and repositioning. More positively, it brings to our attention inspiring women who have shaped the ways in which we develop and deliver health in its broadest sense. Drawing on the work of women from Kenya, Nigeria, Hawaii, Turkey, USA, Ireland and the UK, and from disciplines that span medicine, social work, mental health, health promotion, occupational therapy, midwifery, pharmacology and traditional healing, the women considered in this volume advance our understanding of alternative ways of developing, delivering and managing health. This includes organising services for areas of neglected health (e.g. women’s health, health prevention, rural populations), tackling contentious health issues (e.g. female genital mutilation, management of mental disorders) and the care of health providers themselves (e.g. providing space for women to practice, managing the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers). The book also shows how the work of these women went beyond health management to influence political and societal change.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ni She, Eidin

McMurray, Robert

Ní Shé, Éidín

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Gesundheitswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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?

Über Autor(innen)

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.