Women and health : feminist perspectives / edited by Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger.

Date:
1994
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, 1994.

Physical description

209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references and index

Contents

All in her mind! : stereotypic views and the psychologisation of women's illness / Ellen M. Goudsmit -- Young women and safer (hetero)sex : context, constraints and strategies / Rachel Thomson and Janet Holland -- 'I'm not fat, I'm just pregnant' : the impact of pregnancy on fat women's body image / Rose Wiles -- Reproductive health and reproductive technology / Pat Spallone -- Waged work and well-being / Lesley Doyal -- What can she depend on? : substance use and women's health / Elizabeth Ettore -- Surviving by smoking / Hilary Graham -- Towards a feminist approach to breast cancer / Sue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger -- A 'cure for all ills'? : constructions of the menopause and the chequered fortunes of hormone replacement therapy / Kate Hunt -- Widows' weeds and woman's needs : the refeminization of death, dying, and bereavement / Jane Littlewood -- Feminist reflections on the General Medical Council : recreation and retention of male power / Meg Stacey

Notes

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA300 1994W68w
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0748401482
  • 0748401490