Women, Health, and Nation - Canada and the United States Since 1945 Volume 16

A rich collection exploring how national health-care differences have influenced women's lives and informed feminist politics since 1945.

About the author

Edited by Georgina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li, and Kathryn McPherson

Summary

Examines North American women's engagement with their health systems and asks to what extent national citizenship has shaped women's health. This collection focuses on a wide range of issues such as: childbirth, abortion and sterilization, palliative care, pharmaceutical regulation, immigration, and Native health care.

Product details

• Authors: Georgina Feldberg, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Alison Li
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2003
• EAN: 9780773525016
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-2501-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 694 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, H; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, H; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Servic; McGill-Queen's/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medic; McGill-Queen's/Ams Healthcare
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories