L’argent des femmes

Maladies des femmes

The author has a good prospect of achieving his aim of reaching and informing the general reader. The book has less to offer the scholar, since it does not aspire to be a history of Roman medicine and bypasses questions that interest the professionals, beginning with the crucial preliminary problems of how Roman was Roman medicine, and where key figures like Galen and Soranus (both Greeks) belo...

Medicine and the Querelle des Femmes in Early Modern Spain

Among the forms of knowledge that express and at the same time shape world views and social standards, scientific discourse, like religious discourse, has played a key part in producing an appearance of truth, appealing to ‘‘nature’’ as incontrovertible evidence. Throughout history, medicine has helped to theorize and justify gender differences and inequalities by naturalizing them, that is, by...

Styles d’attachement et soutien social perçu chez des femmes déprimées

(1) Professeur de Psychologie clinique et de Psychopathologie, Université de Bourgogne, Laboratoire de Psychologie clinique et sociale, Pôle AAFE, Esplanade Erasme, BP 26513, 21065 Dijon cedex. (2) Doctorant de Psychologie, Université de Bourgogne, Laboratoire de Psychologie clinique et sociale (adresse ci-dessus). (3) Praticien Hospitalier, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie et d’Addictologi...

The Functions of the Récit in L'Ecole des femmes

Description des pratiques sexuelles des femmes ayant des rapports sexuels avec d’autres femmes face au VIH/sida à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) Description of sexual practices of women who have sex with other women to HIV / AIDS in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

The response to HIV must be based on all situations of risk and vulnerability related to sexual behavior. Sexual practices of women who have sex with other women to HIV described in his study come within this framework. This transversal and descriptive study on the sexual practices of 150 women who have sex with other women to HIV was conducted from July to September 2010 in Abidjan. Mean age o...