Background
Weiner, Dora B. was born in 1924 in Furth, Germany. Daughter of Ernest and Emma (Metzger) Bierer.
( In The Citizen-Patient in Revolutionary and Imperial Pa...)
In The Citizen-Patient in Revolutionary and Imperial Paris, Dora B. Weiner examines the experiences of the sick and handicapped indigent men, women, and children in Paris during the French Revolution and Empire. Weiner argues that significant groups of Revolutionary physicians and reformers interpreted equality to include every citizen's right to health care. These reformers faced political, religious, and professional opposition, and daunting problems of funding. And they needed the participation of the poor as "citizen-patients," patients with both rights and duties, who acted as responsible partners in the pursuit and maintenance of public and personal health. Weiner surveys the 20,000 patients institutionalized in twenty Paris hospitals and hospices and explains how the Revolution changed the status and work of nurses, pharmacists, midwives, and students, as well as doctors. Clinical teaching, professional specialization, and approaches to public health were all affected. Weiner emphasizes health care for children, deaf and blind people, and mentally ill patients and underscores the role of women as administrators and dispensers of hospital care.
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Weiner, Dora B. was born in 1924 in Furth, Germany. Daughter of Ernest and Emma (Metzger) Bierer.
Baccalaureat, U. Paris, 1941. Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Smith College, 1945. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1946, Doctor of Philosophy, 1951.
Lecturer general studies Columbia University, New York City, 1949-1950, instructor, 1950-1952, visiting lecturer Teachers College, 1962-1963.
Instructor Barnard College, 1952-1956. Fellow in history of medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1956-1957.
Member of faculty department social science Sarah Lawrence College, 1958-1962. Assistant professor of history Manhattanville College, 1964-1965, associate professor, 1966-1978, professor, 1978-1982.
Adjunct Professor medical humanities University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, Los Angeles, since 1982, professor, 1987, professor of history, 1997.
Consultant and lecturer in field
Lecturer, general studies Columbia University, New York City, 1949-1950, instructor, 1950-1952, visiting lecturer, 1962-1963. Instructor Barnard College, 1952-1956. Fellow in history of medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1956-1957.
Member faculty department social science Sarah Lawrence College, 1958-1962. Assistant professor history Manhattanville College, 1964-1965, associate professor, 1966-1978, professor, 1978-1982. Adjunct professor medical humanities University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, Los Angeles, since 1982, professor, since 1987, professor history, 1997.
Consultant and lecturer in field.
( In The Citizen-Patient in Revolutionary and Imperial Pa...)
Member American History Association (nominating committee 1979-1982, Leo Gershoy award committee 1985-1988), American Association of University Professors, American Association History Medicine (past member numerous committees), Society 18th Century Studies, Society French History Studies (executive committee 1978-1981), History of Science Society, Academy of Sciences, Inscriptions Belles Letters (Toulouse, France).
Married Herbert Weiner, 1953. Children: Timothy, Richard, Antony.