Cayleff, Susan E. - In: Social Science & Medicine 26 (1988) 12, pp. 1199-1208
diagnosis and management of woman's physiology and, in particular, her nerves. Historically the names of the specific 'diseases …-specific course of medical management and social sphere of influence. Historically and contemporarily, medical illness-labeling and … scientific knowledge to include assertions that reflected and perpetuated deeply-held beliefs about female and male physiology …