Health policy in a time of crisis : Abortion, austerity, and access
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Health policy in a time of crisis : Abortion, austerity, and access
(Advances in critical medical anthropology)
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2017
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Health Policy in a Time of Crisis is a vivid ethnographic account of women and providers navigating the Catalan health system to obtain and provide publicly funded abortion care.
Grounded in critical medical anthropology, the book situates access to publicly funded abortion care in the context of austerity and ongoing threats to recently liberalized laws, examining the actual levels of access in the region. In so doing, it examines the disparities experienced by immigrant and other women, documenting the diverse approaches adopted to overcome obstacles to care. Using accounts from both providers and women seeking care, Ostrach's richly grounded analysis illuminates a healthcare system during a period of economic crisis and disagreement over reproductive governance. Researched against a backdrop of growing movements against austerity and for Catalan independence, the result is at once a study of true access to public health care in times of crisis and a compelling account of some women's determination to go to any length to get the health care they need.
Engagingly written, it will make interesting reading for scholars and students of anthropology and public health, as well as policymakers and the general reader concerned with the politics of abortion and public health.
Table of Contents
1. People, Policy & Practice 2. Catalunya, Crisis, and Cuts 3. Uneasy Collaboration 4. Las Dones (The Women) 5. Enfrentando Obstaculos (Confronting Obstacles)
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