Women as Healers ((4 Credits))

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This study examines women's roles and experiences as healers using a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective. The study is grounded in ethnographic, biographical, historical, and journalistic accounts. Women have played a central role in healing and care-giving in all human societies and throughout history, often being subject to different expectations, challenges, and dangers compared to their male counterparts.  From birth to the end-of-life, from home remedies to homeopathy, from shamans to surgeons, women's healing knowledge and skills have made a significant impact on their families, communities, and their own destinies, as well as being a means of empowerment and social action.