Politics Of Women's Health: Exploring Agency and Autonomy by Susan Sherwin (Engl

Description: Politics Of Women's Health by Susan Sherwin Examines the real world of womens health status and health-care delivery in different countries, and the assumptions behind the dominant medical model of solving problems without regard to social conditions. This book asks what feminist health-care ethics looks like if we start with womens experiences and concerns. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For four years this interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, including physicians, lawyers, philosophers, and social scientists, collaborated closely on te development of these essays. The result is an examination of both the real world of womens health status and health care delivery in different countries, and the assumptions behind the dominant medical model of solving problems without regard to social conditions. The writing is also informed by some of the authors own experiences with womens health issues: birth, menopause, major surgery, and providing care for mothers and grandmothers. Rather than focusing on types of medical interventions, The Politics of Womens Health asks what feminist health care ethics looks like if we start with womens experiences and concerns. It begins to unravel two key concepts of womens empowerment -- agency and autonomy -- that apply to all areas of concern to women. Notes The practical issues of womens empowerment in the health-care system and the deep assumptions and values that underlie that system Author Biography Susan Sherwin is Professor of Philosophy and Womens Studies, Dalhousie University. Table of Contents CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Susan Sherwin with Voices from the Network 2 A Relational Approach to Autonomy in Health Care Susan Sherwin 3 Situating Women in the Politics of Health Margaret Lock 4 The Politics of Health: Geneticization Versus Health Promotion Abby Lippman 5 Contested Bodies, Contested Knowledges: Women, Health, and the Politics of Medicalization Kathryn Pauly Morgan 6 Agency, Diversity, and Constraints: Women and Their Physicians, Canada, 1850-1950 Wendy Mitchinson 7 Reflections on the Transfer of "Progress": The Case of Reproduction Maria De Koninck 8 Anomalous Women and Political Strategies for Aging Societies Margaret Lock 9 (Re)fashioning Medicines Response to Wife Abuse Marylynne Bell and Janet Mosher 10 Reframing Research Involving Humans Francoise Baylis, Jocelyn Downie, and Susan Sherwin References About the Authors Index Promotional The practical issues of womens empowerment in the health-care system and the deep assumptions and values that underlie that system Long Description The practical issues of womens empowerment in the health-care system and the deep assumptions and values that underlie that system Details ISBN1566396336 Author Susan Sherwin Pages 321 Language English ISBN-10 1566396336 ISBN-13 9781566396332 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Imprint Temple University Press,U.S. Subtitle Exploring Agency and Autonomy Place of Publication Philadelphia PA Country of Publication United States Illustrations 2 figures Short Title POLITICS OF WOMENS HEALTH Residence US Birth 1947 DOI 10.1604/9781566396332 UK Release Date 1998-06-16 AU Release Date 1998-06-16 NZ Release Date 1998-06-16 US Release Date 1998-06-16 Publisher Temple University Press,U.S. Publication Date 1998-06-16 Alternative 9781566396325 DEWEY 362.1082 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161851864;

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