| Description |
viii, 291 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Eliot T. Putnam, Jr., Janet Gottschalk and Linda Vogel -- Introduction / Peggy Curlin and Anne Tinker -- 1. Women's Health: The Price of Poverty /Jodi L. Jacobson -- 2. Mother and More: A Broader Perspective on Women's Health / Marge Koblinsky, Oona M. R. Campbell and Sioban D. Harlow -- 3. Women's Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Social and Biological Vulnerabilities / Kathleen M. Merchant and Kathleen M. Kurz -- 4. Infection: Social and Medical Realities / Jeanne McDermott, Maggie Bangser, Elizabeth Ngugi and Irene Sandvold -- 5. Family Planning: A Base to Build on for Women's Reproductive Health Services / Andrea Eschen and Maxine Whittaker --6. Abortion / Francine M. Coeytaux, Ann H. Leonard and Carolyn M. Bloomer -- 7. Women's Mortality: A Legacy of Neglect / Lynn P. Freedman and Deborah Maine -- 8. Violence Against Women: The Missing Agenda /Lori Heise -- 9. Women's Mental Health: A Global Perspective /Freda L. Paltiel |
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10. Access to Care: More Than a Problem of Distance /Judith Timyan, Susan J. Griffey Brechin, Diana M. Measham and Bisi Ogunleye -- 11. Quality of Care: A Neglected Dimension / Barbara Mensch -- 12. Health Women's Way: Learning to Listen / Susan Brems and Marcia Griffiths |
| Analysis |
Women Health |
| Notes |
Includes index and bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects.
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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.
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Women's Health.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| Author |
Gay, Jill.
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Koblinsky, Marjorie A.
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Timyan, Judith.
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| LC no. |
92049573 |
| ISBN |
0813316081 (PB : alk. paper) |
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0813385008 (HC : alk. paper) |
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