Full Description
In the face of the long domination of medical care by men, Women and Health explores from a variety of perspectives the twin issues of women in health care, and the health care of women. Specific sections address the women's health movement, birth control and childbirth, women in the health labor force, and the influence of women's employment on their health. Already acclaimed by scholars and health policy-makers alike, Women and Health is sure to become a standard sourcebook on an important and neglected subject.
Contents
Introduction
SECTION I: WOMEN AND HEALTH: FRAMEWORKS Man-Made Medicine and Women's Health: The Biopolitics of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity Nancy Krieger and Elizabeth Fee
Latina and African American Women: Continuing Disparities in Health Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Rose Marie Martinez, Andrea Kidd Taylor, and Betty Garman Robinson
Women, Health, and the Sexual Division of Labor: A Case Study of the Women's Health Movement in Britain Lesley Doyal
SECTION II: WOMEN AND THE WORK OF HEALTH CARE Gender Hierarchies in the Health Labor Force Irene H. Butter, Eugenia S. Carpenter, Bonnie J. Kay, and Ruth S. Simmons
Community Care Policies and Gender Justice Suzanne E. England, Sharon M. Keigher, Baila Miller, and Nathan L. Linsk
SECTION III: THE HEALTH OF WOMEN WORKERS Double Exposure: The Combined Impact of the Home and Work Environments on Psychosomatic Strain in Swedish Women and Men Ellen M. Hall
The Interactive Effect of Health Status on Work Patterns among Urban Puerto Rican Women Ruth E. Zambrana and Marsha Hurst
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice: Health Effects of the Sexual Division of Labor among Train Cleaners Karen Messing, Ghislaine Doniol-Shaw, and Chantal Haëntjens
SECTION IV: WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: ASIA, AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA The Untold Story: How the Health Care Systems in Developing Countries Contribute to Maternal Mortality T.K. Sundari
Abortion Policy and Women's Health in Developing Countries Ruth Dixon-Mueller
SECTION V: SEXUALITY, WOMEN'S BODIES, AND WOMEN'S HEALTH Medical Metaphors of Women's Bodies: Menstruation and Menopause Emily Martin
A Critical Historical Analysis of the Medical Construction of Lesbianism Patricia E. Stevens and Joanne M. Hall
SECTION VI: WOMEN AND AIDS More than Mothers and Whores: Redefining the AIDS Prevention Needs of Women Kathryn Carovano
Women and AIDS in Zimbabwe: The Making of an Epidemic Mary T. Bassett and Marvellous Mhloyi
SECTION VII: GENDER, SOCIAL POLICY, AND WOMEN'S LIVES The Feminization of Poverty: Myth or Reality? Martha E. Gimenez
Women and Children at Risk: A Feminist Perspective on Child Abuse Evan Stark and Anne H. Flitcraft
Older Women in the Post-Reagan Era Terry Arendell and Carroll L. Estes
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