Reframing Women′s Health Multidisciplinary Research and Practice

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book presents an insightful exploration of the theoretical and practical advances in women's health care. The opening part examines the various shapes that a new framework in women's health might take. Such issues as using the male experience as the norm, reducing women to merely reproductive entities, and promoting the notion of biological primacy are addressed. In the second part, contributors carry the argument for reframing women's health into the sociopolitical arena, looking at women in the Third World and at integrating women's health into health care reform. Part Three examines significant issues dealing with reproduction and sexuality, while Part Four focuses on the impact of violence and

Riassunto

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book presents an insightful exploration of the theoretical and practical advances in women's health care. The opening part examines the various shapes that a new framework in women's health might take. Such issues as using the male experience as the norm, reducing women to merely reproductive entities, and promoting the notion of biological primacy are addressed. In the second part, contributors carry the argument for reframing women's health into the sociopolitical arena, looking at women in the Third World and at integrating women's health into health care reform. Part Three examines significant issues dealing with reproduction and sexuality, while Part Four focuses on the impact of violence and

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alice J. Dan, Alice Dan
• Con la collaborazione di: Alice Dan (Editore), Dan Alice (Editore)
• Editore: O'Reilly
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 04.08.1994
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche non cliniche; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Scienze naturali
• EAN: 9780803958609
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5860-9
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 22.8 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 340 g
• Categorie: PSYCHOLOGY / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social Work, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Public Health - Other