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 t...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Dan, Alice J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] : Sage Publications, c1994.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
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 heal
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxii, 410 p.) : ill.
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-4833-2709-4
1-4522-5520-2
9781483327099
Schlagworte:
Women > Health and hygiene > Research.
Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects.
Women's health services > Political aspects.
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