Women, Health, and Medicine in America

A Historical Handbook

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

The contributors to this volume have written a synthetic overview of the history of the health experience of women in America. We see women as actors and reactors, as healers and patients, as well as objects of medical and sociological research. The contributors emphasize the theme of medicalization, that is, the increasing reach of professional medicine into areas previously considered outside the domain of medical practice. They also highlight the enlargement of our conceptions of health and medicine. We learn of the ideological, social, cultural, economic, technological, and scientific factors that influence our health beliefs and medical values.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-02-01
Mått:133 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:794 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:598
Förlag:Rutgers University Press
ISBN:9780813517667

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Folkhälsa och hälsopedagogik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Rima D. Apple is an associate editor of Isis, the journal of the History of Science Society.

Recensioner i media

The best single survey of the extraordinary recent explosion of studies dealing with women and health. . . . Anyone who reads this volume will gain an excellent perspective on the field of women's health and health care. - Elizabeth Fee (Bulletin of the History of Medicine) Impressive . . . not only 'good of its kind'--it is the only one of its kind. . . .A 'must buy' for any feminist library, health resource center, bookstore, or clinic. - Joan Jacobs Brumberg, (Cornell University)

Innehållsförteckning

Women's health / Adele E. ClarkePathways of health and death / Lois M. VerbruggeSexuality and woman's sexual nature / Nancy SahliChildbirth in America, 1650-1990 / Janet Carlisle BogdanRace as a factor in health / Edward H. BeardsleyHistorical perspectives on women and mental illness / Nancy TomesSurgical gynecology / Judith M. RoyProfessionalization of obstetrics / Charlotte G. BorstWomen's reproductive health / Suzanne PoirierInstitutionalizing women's health care in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America / Joan E. LynaughWomen and sectarian medicine / Naomi RogersSelf-help and the patent medicine business / Susan E. CayleffCharismatic women and health / Jonathan M. Butler, Rennie B. SchoepflinKnowledge and power / Martha H. VerbruggeWomen's health and public policy / Molly Ladd-TaylorWomen's toxic experience / Anthony BaleMidwives and history / Judy Barrett LitoffNurses / Ellen D. BaerPhysicians / Regina Morantz-SanchezPharmacists / Gregory J. Higby