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Man-Made Medicine - Women's Health, Public Policy, and Reform

English · Paperback / Softback

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"This unique anthology fills a void in the literature of public health policy. It provides a prism for understanding how women's well being is affected by hidden assumptions about color, class, and culture. Destined to become a classic, it is an indispensable guide in distinguishing science from pseudo-science, myth and mirage from medical fact."--Patricia Williams, Professor of Law, Columbia University

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Editor's Acknowledgments vii

Introduction: The Making and Interpretation of Science 1

1. Man-Made Medicine and Women's Health: The Biopolitics of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity / Nancy Krieger and Elizabeth Fee 15

2. Of Headlines and Hypotheses: The Role of Gender in Popular Press Coverage of Women's Health and Biology / Joan E. Bertin and laurie R. Beck 37

3. Reinventing Medical Research / Kay Dickersin and Lauren Schnaper, M.D. 57

Moving From the Periphery

4. The Women's Health Movement in the United States / Judy Norsigian 79

5. For Women's Health: Uncoupling Health Care Reform from Tort Reform / Joyce E. McConnell 99

6. Women, Girls, and the HIV Epidemic / Catherie Teare and Abigail English 123

7. Health Care Access for Immigrant Women / Janet M. Calvo 161

8. Cultivating Common Ground: Women with Disabilities / Carol J. Gill 183

9. Reforming the Provision of Mental Health Treatment / Susan Stefan 195

10. Abortion, Law ,and Public Health / Ann Scales with Wendy Chavkin, M.D. 219

11. Women Prisoners and Health Care: Locked Up and Locked Out / Ellen M. Barry 249

Notes on Contributors 273

Index 279

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Kary L. Moss, ed.

Summary

Makes a statement about gender bias in the medical establishment and its pernicious effects on the well-being of women and the care they receive. This title examines gender stereotyping and bias in the collection, analysis, and reporting of scientific data and in the ways health-related news is covered by the media.

Product details

Authors Moss, Kary L. Moss
Assisted by Kary L. Moss (Editor), Kary L Moss (Editor), Kary L. Moss (Editor)
Publisher Duke University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.09.1996
 
EAN 9780822318163
ISBN 978-0-8223-1816-3
No. of pages 304
Dimensions 154 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
Weight 535 g
Subjects Guides > Health
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

Medizin, allgemein, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Politics / Current Events

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