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OverviewAfter decades of research by the author and her colleagues into what women do in positions such as bank teller, secretary, waitress, nurse, factory worker, and poultry processor, Karen Messing is astonished to find that for many policy-makers, researchers, and activists, the topic of women's occupational health doesn't exist. Messing investigates different types of occupational health issues for women, notably the controversial topics of male/female differences in jobs, health, and basic biology. The pain and suffering of women workers is illustrated in vivid case studies of research into health risks for women in the workplace, including musculoskeletal disease, the hazards of office work, emotional stress, and reproductive hazards. No longer can employers, administrators, and health professionals ignore the very real problems women encounter in their jobs. Throughout the book, Messing captures the everyday reality of workplace tasks and stress -- from lifting boxes to juggling mental tasks under pressure to the emotional labor of caring for upset or abusive people -- by combining on-site observing with listening to the workers' descriptions of their work lives. Responding to the tough question, why are scientists so unresponsive to the needs of women workers, Messing describes long-standing difficulties in gaining attention for the occupational health of women, ranging from the structure of the grant process and the conferences crucial to the professional life of researchers to the basic assumptions of scientific practice. Messing laments the separation of even most feminist health researchers from workplace concerns and asserts that it is time to develop a science that can prevent women workers' pain and suffering. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karen Messing , Jeanne.Mager. StellmanPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781566395984ISBN 10: 1566395984 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 14 April 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of Contents"CONTENTS Foreword by Jeanne Mager Stellman Preface 1 Women Workers and Their Working Conditions 2 Is There a Women's Occupational Health Problem? 3 Are Women Biologically Fit For Jobs? Are Jobs Fit for Women? 4 Who Are Scientists? 5 ""Rigor"": The Scientific Basis for Funding 6 Constructing Scientific Knowledge 7 Musculoskeletal Problems 8 Office Work and Health 9 Emotional Stressors in Women's Occupations 10 Reproductive Hazards 11 Science and Real Life 12 Changing Science for Women Workers Notes Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationKaren Messing is Professor, Department of Biological Studies, University of Quebec at Montreal, and former Director of the Center for CINBIOSE. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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