Reframing Women's Health: Multidisciplinary Research and Practice [Paperback]

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications (Jun 7 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803958609
ISBN-13: 978-0803958609
Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 16.3 x 2.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 576 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,323,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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Women's health scholarship, as a distinct subset of women's studies, is in the process of undergoing a shift of emphasis. Read the first page

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