Charlotte G Borst
Biographic Data
| ID | 1158646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlotte G Borst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlotte G |
| FAMILY NAME | Borst |
| SIGNATURE | BORST C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Noblest Roman of them all?” Professional versus Popular Views of America’s Country Doctors
This essay studies the images, perceptions, and values of the professional medical journals, as well as popular sources such as magazine and films, to show that the country doctor was a contested figure in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The country doctor’s image embodied competing ideals of a racialized professional and masculine identity that included both place as well as visions of science. Medical professionals pressed an…
Nancy Tomes. Remaking the American Patient
“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated,” opined President Donald J. Trump on February 28, 2017, as he weighed in on Congressional debates about health care and health insurance coverage. The new president was probably the only American who did not know that American health care is complicated—indeed, most Americans confess that they are very perplexed as to how to navigate the system. Nancy Tomes’s clearly written and very timely Remaki…
Choosing the Student Body
“Is it possible to select medical students scientifically?” asked Mary D. Salter in a 1942 journal article that examined the Medical College Aptitude Test (MCAT). Salter, a Lecturer in Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto answered affirmatively, pointing out that “scientific selection of students would greatly reduce the wastage of time, money, and effort involved when students fail.”
An Alternative Path
Journal Article An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. By Naomi Rogers. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. xiv, 348 pp. Cloth, $50.00, ISBN 0-8135-2535-7. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 0-8135-2536-5.) Get access Charlotte G. Borst Charlotte G. Borst Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Amer…
Post-War Mothers
Reviewed by: Post-War Mothers: Childbirth Letters to Grantly Dick-Read, 1946–1956 Charlotte G. Borst Mary Thomas, ed. and intro. Post-War Mothers: Childbirth Letters to Grantly Dick-Read, 1946–1956. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 1997. xv + 248 pp. $59.95. “Dear Dr. Read,” wrote a Maryland woman in 1947, “During my last month of pregnancy I read the condensation of your book ‘Childbirth Without Fear’ with great interest.” Attempt…
A Midwife's Tale
Eisenhower's Heart Attack
Reviewed by: Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife Charlotte G. Borst Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes. Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife. Women and Health Series. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996. xvii + 178 pp. Ill. $39.00 (cloth), $16.95 (paperbound). If one place can be an archetype for a region, Greene County, Alabama, surely should qualify. This rural county in southwest Alabam…
Teaching Obstetrics at Home
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1998
Catching Babies
Journal Article Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870–1920. By Charlotte G. Borst. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. xiv, 254 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-674-10262-2.) Get access Deborah Kuhn McGregor Deborah Kuhn McGregor University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 682–683, http…
Sociology
Catching Babies
The Empty Cradle
Catching Babies
Model Mothers
Raising a Baby the Government Way
Raising a Baby the Government Way
Catching Babies
Model Mothers
Catching Babies
Journal Article Catching Babies: The Professionalization of Childbirth, 1870–1920. By Charlotte G. Borst. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. xiv, 254 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-674-10262-2.) Get access Deborah Kuhn McGregor Deborah Kuhn McGregor University of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 2, September 1997, Pages 682–683, http…
Sociology
Catching Babies
The Empty Cradle
Eisenhower's Heart Attack
Reviewed by: Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife Charlotte G. Borst Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes. Listen To Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife. Women and Health Series. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996. xvii + 178 pp. Ill. $39.00 (cloth), $16.95 (paperbound). If one place can be an archetype for a region, Greene County, Alabama, surely should qualify. This rural county in southwest Alabam…
Teaching Obstetrics at Home
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 2, Summer 1998
Post-War Mothers
Reviewed by: Post-War Mothers: Childbirth Letters to Grantly Dick-Read, 1946–1956 Charlotte G. Borst Mary Thomas, ed. and intro. Post-War Mothers: Childbirth Letters to Grantly Dick-Read, 1946–1956. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 1997. xv + 248 pp. $59.95. “Dear Dr. Read,” wrote a Maryland woman in 1947, “During my last month of pregnancy I read the condensation of your book ‘Childbirth Without Fear’ with great interest.” Attempt…
A Midwife's Tale
An Alternative Path
Journal Article An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. By Naomi Rogers. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. xiv, 348 pp. Cloth, $50.00, ISBN 0-8135-2535-7. Paper, $20.00, ISBN 0-8135-2536-5.) Get access Charlotte G. Borst Charlotte G. Borst Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Amer…
Choosing the Student Body
“Is it possible to select medical students scientifically?” asked Mary D. Salter in a 1942 journal article that examined the Medical College Aptitude Test (MCAT). Salter, a Lecturer in Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto answered affirmatively, pointing out that “scientific selection of students would greatly reduce the wastage of time, money, and effort involved when students fail.”
Nancy Tomes. Remaking the American Patient
“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated,” opined President Donald J. Trump on February 28, 2017, as he weighed in on Congressional debates about health care and health insurance coverage. The new president was probably the only American who did not know that American health care is complicated—indeed, most Americans confess that they are very perplexed as to how to navigate the system. Nancy Tomes’s clearly written and very timely Remaki…
The Noblest Roman of them all?” Professional versus Popular Views of America’s Country Doctors
This essay studies the images, perceptions, and values of the professional medical journals, as well as popular sources such as magazine and films, to show that the country doctor was a contested figure in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The country doctor’s image embodied competing ideals of a racialized professional and masculine identity that included both place as well as visions of science. Medical professionals pressed an…
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Pregnancy (6 works) · Medical History and Innovations (5 works) · Childbirth (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works)