| Description |
209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Gender & society : feminist perspectives on the past and present |
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Gender and society.
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| Contents |
Ch. 10. Widows' Weeds and Women's Needs: The Refeminisation of Death, Dying and Bereavement / Jane Littlewood -- Ch. 11. Feminist Reflections on the General Medical Council: Recreation and Retention of Male Power / Meg Stacey |
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Introduction: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Health / Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger -- Ch. 1. All in Her Mind! Stereotypic Views and the Psychologisation of Women's Illness / Ellen M. Goudsmit -- Ch. 2. Young Women and Safer (Hetero)Sex: Context, Constraints and Strategies / Rachel Thomson and Janet Holland -- Ch. 3. 'I'm Not Fat, I'm Pregnant': The Impact of Pregnancy on Fat Women's Body Image / Rose Wiles -- Ch. 4. Reproductive Health and Reproductive Technology / Pat Spallone -- Ch. 5. Waged Work and Well-being / Lesley Doyal -- Ch. 6. What Can She Depend On? Substance Use and Women's Health / Elizabeth Ettorre -- Ch. 7. Surviving by Smoking / Hilary Graham -- Ch. 8. Towards a Feminist Approach to Breast Cancer / Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger -- Ch. 9. A 'Cure for All Ills'? Constructions of the Menopause and the Chequered Fortunes of Hormone Replacement Therapy / Kate Hunt |
| Analysis |
Women Health |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women's health services -- Political aspects.
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Women's health services -- Social aspects.
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Women's Health.
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Women -- psychology.
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Women's Rights.
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| Author |
Kitzinger, Celia.
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Wilkinson, Sue, 1954-
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| LC no. |
94024353 |
| ISBN |
0748401482 (acid-free paper) |
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0748401490 (paperback) |
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