Women and health : cross-cultural perspectives / [edited by] Patricia Whelehan and contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whelehan, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Health and hygiene--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women's health services.

Cross-cultural studies.

Women's health services--Cross-cultural studies.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Women & health.

Place of Publication:

Granby, Mass. : Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1988.

Summary:

This long-awaited, holistic, and cross-cultural survey demonstrates the effects of varying economic, political, social and cultural conditions on women's health throughout the world. The authors address a wide range of topics, from the sexual, reproductive, and gynecological to issues such as stress from and adaptation to increased urbanization, changing work roles, and family structures. "Offers a complex picture of women's experiences as seekers of health care in an increasingly multifaceted world in which traditional medical models and treatments have not vanished, but have been suppressed by Western therapies and therapists." American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Notes:

Cover title: Women & health.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 204-224.

ISBN:

0897891392

0897891384

OCLC:

17508716