Women's health movements : a global force for change

Author(s)

• Turshen, Meredeth

Bibliographic Information

Women's health movements : a global force for change

Meredeth Turshen

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is an introduction to the women's health movements and what is being accomplished by women organizing to achieve better health care around the world.

Table of Contents

Women Organizing: Activism Worldwide The Global Context Women's Environments: Home, Community, and Workplace Fighting for Health Services, Struggling with the Pharmaceutical Industry The Sexual Politics of Violence against Women Women's Reproductive Rights Framing Women's Health Problems: Towards A New Universalism

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Details

• NCID: BA85744407
• ISBN:
  • 9781403978981
  • 9781403978974
• LCCN: 2007005037
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: 259 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RA564.85
  • DC22 : 362.1082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Women -- International cooperation
  • LCSH : Women -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Feminism -- Health aspects
  • LCSH : Social movements
  • LCSH : Women's rights