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Author : Ji Won Chung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317319269
The essays in this collection examine women in diverse roles; mother, socialite, prostitute, celebrity, medical practitioner and patient. The wide range of commentators allows a diverse picture of women’s health in this period.
Author : Ji Won Chung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317319276
The essays in this collection examine women in diverse roles; mother, socialite, prostitute, celebrity, medical practitioner and patient. The wide range of commentators allows a diverse picture of women’s health in this period.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : The Women's Health Council
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781873820513
Author : Pat Armstrong
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780889614857
Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada explores why health care is a woman's issue and seeks to address gender equity in health services. Written by members of Women and Health Care Reform (WHCR), this collection establishes the importance of including gender in discussions and decisions surrounding health sector reform. In twelve concise chapters, Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada addresses a wide range of issues, including obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance. This thought-provoking collection is an essential read for students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, health sciences, sociology, and nursing, as well as for anyone who is looking for a new picture of health care in Canada.
Author : Marlene B. Goldman,Rebecca Troisi,Kathryn M. Rexrode
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 1616 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780123849793
Women and Health is a comprehensive reference that addresses health issues affecting women of all ages — from adolescence through maturity. It goes far beyond other books on this topic, which concentrate only on reproductive health, and has a truly international perspective. It covers key issues ranging from osteoporosis to breast cancer and other cancers, domestic violence, sexually transmitted diseases, occupational hazards, eating disorders, heart disease and other chronic illnesses, substance abuse, and societal and behavioral influences on health. In this second edition of Women and Health, chapters thoughtfully explore the current state of women’s health and health care, including the influences of sex and gender on the occurrence of a wide variety of diseases and conditions. All chapters have been extensively updated and emphasize the epidemiology of the condition — the etiology, occurrence, primary and secondary prevention (screening), risk factors, surveillance, changing trends over time, and critical analysis of the diagnostic and treatment options and controversies. Treatment sections in each chapter have been expanded to create a stronger dialogue between epidemiologists and women's health practitioners. Saves researchers and clinicians time in quickly accessing the very latest details on a broad range of women’s health issues, as opposed to searching through thousands of journal articles Provides a common language for epidemiologists, public health practitioners, and women’s health specialists to discuss the behavioral, cultural, and biological determinants of women’s health Researchers and medical specialists will learn how the gender-specific risks and features of one organ system’s diseases affect the health of other organ systems For example: Hormone replacement therapy used to treat imbalance within the endocrine system is also being used to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease; Drugs developed for type 2 diabetes are now being used in chemoprevention Orients the non-gerontologist about the importance of considering the entire life cycle of women within research designs and treatment plans Professors teaching courses in women’s health will use slides and additional materials to structure lectures/courses; students will use slides as a unique resource to study for exams
Author : Pat Armstrong,Ann Pederson
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Gender identity
ISBN : 9780889615700
Though we may no longer confine our understanding of women's health to reproduction and maternity care, women's health in Canada continues to be limited by knowledge gaps, political agendas, and fiscal restraints. This second edition of Women's Health provides a comprehensive picture of the state of women's health in Canada, tracing the emergence of the field and outlining some of the current challenges facing its advancement. The contributors--who include academics, health care professionals, and policy-makers--explore women's health in different social and geographical locations, the gendering of care work, and the ways in which research can influence health policy. Drawing on gender-based analysis and highlighting the diversity among women, this multidisciplinary collection illustrates the breadth of contemporary Canadian writing on women's health and calls for a renewed commitment to women's health advocacy. This revised edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect developments in research and recent changes in the social, political, and economic context. New chapters cover topics such as wait times, girls' health, and unpaid health care. Featuring questions for further thought and lists of recommended readings and websites, this unique text is a valuable resource for both students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, health sciences, and nursing.
Author : Henri Colt,Silvia Quadrelli,Friedman Lester
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199876002
Film and literature have long been mined for interesting examples and case studies in order to teach biomedical ethics to students. This volume presents a collection of about 80 very brief, accessible essays written by international experts from medicine, social sciences, and the humanities, all of whom have experience using film in their teaching of medical ethics. Each essay focuses on a single scene and the ethical issues it raises, and the volume editors have provided strict guidelines for what each essay must do, while also allowing for some creative freedom. While some of the films are obvious candidates with medical themes -- "Million Dollar Baby", "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" -- some are novel choices, such as "Pan's Labyrinth" or "As Good as it Gets". The book will contain several general introductory chapters to major sections, and a complete filmography and cross-index at the end of the book where readers can look up individual films or ethical issues.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : brs
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789077183113
Author : Alice Dan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1994-06-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781452255200
Offering a unique combination of pragmatic and philosophical perspectives, Reframing Women′s Health presents an insightful exploration of the theoretical and practical advances in women′s health care. The assembled works of this distinguished group of contributors addresses issues as diverse as the concept of biological primacy, the role of reproduction, and the possible repercussions of accepting the male experience as normative. Other subjects discussed include the physical, emotional, and legal elements of abuse, advances and methodology in clinical and behavioral research, as well as a variety of practice concerns. This comprehensive survey of critical women′s health topics will be indispensable to researchers, educators, clinicians, and students in this and such related fields as gender studies, health sciences, psychology, and social work. "In Reframing Women′s Health, the editor has assembled some of the finest authors in the field to create a broad-based, multidisciplinary source of the latest thinking on women′s health. For a discipline this young, the book represents an extremely comprehensive collection of works. . . . The authors go beyond the stereotyped view of obstetric and gynecologic care and force the reader to consider women in relation to self and in relation to the world in which they live. . . . The tread that weaves through the book is one of challenging the old paradigm of women′s health care as care of reproductive issues alone. It is a must read for clinicians or teachers who wish to broaden their own thinking in a way that will promote optimal health care for women." --Family Medicine "Especially recommended for college-level students of women′s health and health science." --Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Breast
ISBN : UOM:39015032275276
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Women's Health Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309163378
Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically has neglected the health needs of women. However, over the past two decades, there have been major changes in government support of women's health research-in policies, regulations, and the organization of research efforts. To assess the impact of these changes, Congress directed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ask the IOM to examine what has been learned from that research and how well it has been put into practice as well as communicated to both providers and women. Women's Health Research finds that women's health research has contributed to significant progress over the past 20 years in lessening the burden of disease and reducing deaths from some conditions, while other conditions have seen only moderate change or even little or no change. Gaps remain, both in research areas and in the application of results to benefit women in general and across multiple population groups. Given the many and significant roles women play in our society, maintaining support for women's health research and enhancing its impact are not only in the interest of women, they are in the interest of us all.
Author : Annette Madlock Gatison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-03
Category : Communication in medicine
ISBN : 0815386494
This volume explores the conditions under which women are empowered, and feel entitled, to make the health decisions that are best for them. At its core, it illuminates how the most basic element of communication, voice, has been summarily suppressed for entire groups of women when it comes to control of their own sexuality, reproductive lives, and health. By giving voice to these women¿s experiences, the book shines a light on ways to improve health communication for women. Bringing together personal narratives, key theory and literature, and original qualitative and quantitative studies, the book provides an in-depth comparative picture of how and why women¿s health varies for distinct groups of women. Organized into four parts¿historical influences on patient and provider perceptions, breast cancer the silence and the shame, make it taboo: mothering, reproduction, and womanhood, and sex, sexuality, relational health, and womanhood¿each section is introduced with a brief synthesis and discussion of the key questions addressed across the chapters.
Author : Patricia Whelehan
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780897891387
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 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. Useful text for courses in Women's Health, Anthropology/Sociology of Medicine.
Author : Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Body image
ISBN : UOM:39015035772220
A study of visual sources, from 19th-century textbook illustrations to recent government AIDS posters, which finds that the history of our perception of the "beautiful body" is charged with anxieties about contagion and ugliness. It's also entangled with political implications brought about by our interpretation of race as a medical category, says Gilman (liberal arts and human biology, U. of Chicago). A history both of medicine and of the aestheticization of the body. Many bandw illustrations. Originally published in Great Britain by Reaktion Books as Health and Illness: Images of Difference. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Marian de Souza,Anna Halafoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351601672
Education is in a constant state of renewal internationally where it responds to a number of pressing social, political and cultural issues. Processes of globalization, a number of conflicts and acts of terror, economic and environmental crises have led to large waves of migration and asylum seekers arriving in countries with the hope of finding safer and more stable places to settle. This, in turn, has led to cultural and religious pluralism being a key characteristic of many societies with corresponding issues of belonging and identity. As well, for many people, there has been a shifting influence of and allegiance away from traditional religious frameworks with the emergence of new religious movements, both peaceful and violent, and a rise in popularity of spirituality and non-religious worldviews which provide alternate frameworks for living healthy and ethical lives. In order to prepare today’s student for tomorrow’s world, one which is confronted by a range of risks and crises and which is being shaped by rapidly changing technologies, educators and researchers are investigating new ways of equipping students to deal with these challenges and opportunities, including the nurturing of spiritual wellbeing. This book brings together the voices of many experienced educators to discuss ways to re-enchant education and re-enliven learning programs in response to these 21st century issues in an increasingly global and interconnected world. It examines a range of international contexts, including secular and religious educational settings, and provides an avenue for visionary voices that identify problems and offer solutions to help shape a more promising education system that will prepare children more constructively and beneficially to flourish in their future worlds.