Lyzbeth Safoah King

Biographic Data

ID9561773
NAMELyzbeth Safoah King
GIVEN NAMESLyzbeth Safoah
FAMILY NAMEKing
SIGNATUREKING L S
AFFILIATIONSAmerican Medical Association
ORCID0009-0006-1240-6384
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS32
TOTAL CITATIONS17
AUTHOR COUNT32
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1934
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • You Can Get Pregnant!”: Ghanaian Mother-Daughter Communication About Menstruation

    Open AccessLyzbeth Safoah King, Sarah Symonds LeBlanc et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2025

    This study explores mother-daughter communication about menstruation within Ghanaian families. Using the theory of memorable messages (Rubinsky & Cooke-Jackson, 2017) as a guiding framework, we conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews with 30 Ghanaian mothers and daughters. Data were analyzed following Braun and Clarke (2021) six-step thematic analysis. Findings reveal that menstruation is rarely discussed within Ghanaian families. When it…

  • “I will pray about it”: Mental illness Stigma Management Strategies among Ghanaian Celebrities

    Lyzbeth Safoah King, Mary KiuraARTICLECommunication Quarterly2025

    The prevalence of mental health issues in Ghanaian celebrity culture has become increasingly concerning, as evidenced by public interviews. Mental health is foundational to human interaction and cognition, yet it remains a neglected area in Ghanaian society. This study, guided by Stigma Management Communication Theory, explored how Ghanaian celebrities navigate the stigma surrounding their mental health disorders. Data were collected via semi-str…

  • Transformations in American Medicine: From Benjamin Rush to William Osler

    Guenter B Risse, Lester S King et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article Transformations in American Medicine: From Benjamin Rush to William Osler. By Lester S. King. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. viii + 268 pp. $38.00, ISBN 0-8018-4057-0.) Get access Transformations in American Medicine: From Benjamin Rush to William Osler. By King Lester S.. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. viii + 268 pp. $38.00, ISBN 0-8018-4057-0.) Guenter B. Risse Guenter B. Risse University of…

  • Die inneren Verbindungen zwischen Philosophie und Medizin im 20. Jahrhundert . Dietrich von Engelhardt , Heinrich Schipperges

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1982

  • A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine . John B. Blake

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1980

  • The Philosophy of Medicine: The Early Eighteenth Century

    Terry M Brown, Theodore M Brown et al.ARTICLEEighteenth-Century Studies1979

  • Cholera, Fever and English Medicine 1825-1865 . Margaret Pelling

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1979Cited by: 3

  • Medical Logic

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJournal of the History of…1978

    Journal Article Medical Logic Get access LESTER S. KING LESTER S. KING American Medical AssociationChicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3, July 1978, Pages 377–385, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXXIII.3.377 Published: 01 July 1978

  • Achilles Pirmin Gasser 1505-1577. Arzt und Naturforscher, Historiker und Humanist. Volume III: Briefwechsel . Karl Heinz Burmeister

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1977

  • The Emergence of Science in Western Europe

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJAMA1976

    Genius manifests itself in varied ways under varied circumstances. Often a cluster of individuals, working in a limited area in a limited period of time, can bring about great progress in one or another branch of science. Eventually the forward momentum seems to falter, and then leadership passes elsewhere. In this new book, edited by Professor Crosland, each of ten authorities describes the progress in one particular locus during a limited time …

  • American Physicians in the 19th Century: From Sects to Science . William G. Rothstein

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1973

  • Treatise of Man. René Descartes , Thomas Steele Hall

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1973

  • Chronicle from Aldgate: Life and Death in Shakespeare's London. Thomas Rogers Forbes

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1972

  • A History of Medicine: Selected Readings

    Antony Essex-Cater, A J Essex-Cater et al.ARTICLEMan1972Cited by: 3

  • George III and the Mad-Business. Ida Macalpine , Richard Hunter

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1971

  • Achilles Pirmin Gasser, 1505-1577: Arzt und Naturforscher, Historiker und Humanist. Karl Heinz Burmeister

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEIsis1971

  • Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJAMA1970

    Joseph Needham, in addition to his other accomplishments, is the outstanding western scholar in the history of science and technology of China. In this field he has published a mammoth multi-volume text that is the definitive work in its field. While he was devoting most of his time to this major project, he had delivered many lectures and occasional papers on the subjects of Chinese science, technology, and medical history. The present volume co…

  • Description of Another Dreadful and Unusual Disease Drawn up by Hermann Boerhaave

    Maria Wilkins Smith, Lester S King et al.ARTICLEJournal of the History of…1968

    MARIA WILKINS SMITH, LESTER S. KING; Description of Another Dreadful and Unusual Disease Drawn up by Hermann Boerhaave, Journal of the History of Medicine

  • The Medical Practitioners in Medieval England: A Biographical Register

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJAMA1966

    Most new books become rapidly outdated. It is indeed refreshing to welcome a new work of tremendous scholarship that will immediately assume a definitive position in the learned world, and will maintain that position for a long time to come. What was medicine like in the Middle Ages? Professors Talbot and Hammond, who began to investigate the problem independently but later joined forces, have published a scholarly and at the same time fascinatin…

  • The Growth of Medical Thought

    Donald Emslie-Smith, Lester S King et al.ARTICLEThe Philosophical Quarterly1966

    Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Growth of Medical Thought. BY Lester S. King. (Chicago & London : University of Chicago Press. 1963. Pp. xii + 254. Price 41s). Donald Emslie-Smith Donald Emslie-Smith Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 16, Issue 62, January 1966, Pages 87–88, https://doi.org/10.2307/2217901 Published: 01 January 1966

  • The Emergence of Modern Nursing . Bonnie Bullough , Vern L. Bullough

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1965

  • A Note on So-Called “Moral Treatment”

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJournal of the History of…1964

    Journal Article A Note on So-Called “Moral Treatment” Get access LESTER S. KING LESTER S. KING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XIX, Issue 3, July 1964, Pages 297–298, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XIX.3.297 Published: 01 July 1964

  • Stahl and Hoffmann: A Study in Eighteenth Century Animism

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJournal of the History of…1964Cited by: 3

    Stahl and Hoffmann: A Study in Eighteenth Century Animism Get access LESTER S. KING LESTER S. KING **Chicago, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XIX, Issue 2, April 1964, Pages 118–130, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XIX.2.118 Published: 01 April 1964

  • Rationalism in Early Eighteenth Century Medicine

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJournal of the History of…1963

    Rationalism in Early Eighteenth Century Medicine Get access LESTER S. KING LESTER S. KING **University of Illinois College of MedicineChicago, Illinois. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVIII, Issue 3, July 1963, Pages 257–271, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XVIII.3.257 Published: 01 July 1963

  • Hippocrates and Philosophy

    Lester S King, Lyzbeth Safoah KingARTICLEJournal of the History of…1963Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Hippocrates and Philosophy Get access LESTER S. KING LESTER S. KING Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, January 1963, Pages 77–78, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XVIII.1.77 Published: 01 January 1963