Women and health : the politics of sex in medicine /: the politics of sex in medicine. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Politics of sex in medicine
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elizabeth Fee.
• Editors: Fee, Elizabeth
• 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 Contributors
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume.)
• Subjects: 610.82; Women's health services; Women in medicine; Women -- Health and hygiene; Women -- Health and hygiene; Women in medicine; HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference; MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL / Atlases; MEDICAL / Essays; MEDICAL / Family & General Practice; MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL / Osteopathy; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315223346; 1315223341; 9781351840590; 1351840592; 9781351840613; 1351840614; 9781351840606; 1351840606
• Related ISBNs: 0415783933; 9780415783934
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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