Publication subTitle :Multidisciplinary Research and Practice
Publication series :1
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Publication year: 1994
E-ISBN: 9781452255200
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780803958609
Subject: B84 Psychology
Keyword: 预防医学、卫生学
Language: ENG
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Description
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
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