Women Physicians in Byzantium
| Autor: | Matthew E. Falagas, Ioannis D. Gkegkes, Christos Iavazzo, Thalia A. Sardi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject education Alternative medicine Legislation Women Physicians Midwifery Physicians Women 03 medical and health sciences Humans Medicine 0601 history and archaeology History Ancient History 15th Century media_common Gynecology 060103 classics business.industry Empire 06 humanities and the arts History Medieval Ancient Greece 030104 developmental biology Family medicine Medical profession Female Surgery business Byzantium Byzantine architecture |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Surgery. 41:892-895 |
| ISSN: | 1432-2323 0364-2313 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00268-016-3776-7 |
| Popis: | Women were allowed to practice the medical profession during the Byzantine Empire. The presence of female physicians was not an innovation of the Byzantine era but actually originated from ancient Greece and Rome. The studies and the training of women doctors were apparently equivalent to those of their male colleagues. The principal medical specialties of the female doctors were gynecology and midwifery. Byzantine legislation treated relatively equally both female and male doctors. For this reason, it can be assumed that the presence of female doctors was correlated with the position of women in Byzantine society. However, there is not sufficient information in the literature to clarify whether female and male doctors used to earn equal payment for the same service. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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