ERIC Number: EJ551109
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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An Interview with Christiane Northrup.
Leue, Mary; Mercogliano, Betsy
Journal of Family Life, v3 n3 p6-12 1997
Christiane Northrup, an obstetrician-gynecologist with 20 years of clinical and medical teaching experience, discusses how the medical profession has instilled fear of our bodies and of illness; the important role of women physicians in teaching others to listen to their bodies; and her own roles as wife, mother, and physician. (LP)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Elementary Secondary Education, Fear, Females, Graduate Medical Education, Gynecology, Health Education, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Interviews, Nontraditional Education, Obstetrics, Physical Health, Physician Patient Relationship, Physicians, Role of Education, Sex Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue topic: "Mothers." Journal availability: Journal of Family Life, 72 Philip St., Albany, NY 12202 (1-year subscription: ind. $20, inst. $25; single issue, $6).
