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OverviewWhat makes women sick? To an Ecuadorean woman, it’s nervios from constant worry about her children’s illnesses. To a woman working in a New Mexico electronics factory, it’s the solvents that leave her with a form of dementia. To a Ugandan woman, it’s HIV from her husband's sleeping with the widow of an AIDS patient. To a Bangladeshi woman, it’s a fatal infection following an IUD insertion. What they all share is a recognition that their sickness is somehow caused by situations they face every day at home and at work. In this clearly written and compelling book, Lesley Doyal investigates the effects of social, economic, and cultural conditions on women’s health. The “fault line” of gender that continues to divide all societies has, Doyal demonstrates, profound and pervasive consequences for the health of women throughout the world. Her broad synthesis highlights variations between men and women in patterns of health and illness, and it identifies inequalities in medical care that separate groups of women from each other. Doyal’s wide-ranging arguments, her wealth of data, her use of women’s voices from many cultures—and her examples of women mobilizing to find their own solutions—make this book required reading for everyone concerned with women’s health. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lesley Doyal , Leslie DoyalPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780813522074ISBN 10: 0813522072 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 01 May 1995 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 In Sickness and in Health 2 Hazards of Hearth and Home 3 Safe Sex? 4 Regulating Reproduction 5 A Labour of Love 6 Waged Work and Well-being 7 Abusing Women 8 Women's Movements for Health Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationLESLEY DOYAL is a Professor for Health and Social Care, School of Policy Studies, at the University of Bristol. She has published widely on health policy and women’s studies. Her Previous books include The Political Economy of Health and HIV and AIDS: Setting a Feminist Agenda. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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