Reframing Women′s Health: Multidisciplinary Research and PracticeAlice Dan 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 |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Why a Curriculum on Womens Health? | 13 |
The Role of Medical Specialization | 27 |
A Canadian Perspective | 40 |
New Educational Paradigms | 50 |
Tools for an Egalitarian WomanCentered Approach to Womens Health | 56 |
Implications for Womens Health | 67 |
New Models of Care and a New Academic Discipline | 79 |
Chapter 18 The Negative Impact of Crime Victimization on Womens Health and Medical Use ... | 189 |
Challenges to Medical Practice | 201 |
An Exploratory Study | 219 |
The Global Epidemic | 233 |
Part V Research in Womens Health | 251 |
The Difference It makes | 253 |
Chapter 23 Real and Perceived Legal Barriers to the Inclusion of Women in Clinical Trials ... | 266 |
The Politics of Research and Intervention | 277 |
Part II Social and Political Issues | 91 |
An International Perspective | 93 |
The Case for Focus Groups | 102 |
A Progressive Feminist Agenda | 111 |
The Inherent Risk in Health Policy Fostering Community Participation ... | 118 |
Chapter 13 My Mexican Friend Marta Who Lost Her Womb on This Side of the Border | 129 |
Part III Reproductive Health and Sexuality | 139 |
Challenges Now and for the Next Century | 141 |
Not a Matter of Health | 151 |
Chapter 16 Problems and Prospects of Contemporary Abortion Provision | 163 |
Chapter 17 Women and HIV | 175 |
Part IV Violence Abuse and Womens Health | 187 |
Chapter 25 Toward a Feminist Methodology in Research on Battered Women | 290 |
Part VI Practice Issues | 299 |
Chapter 26 Is Care a Remedy? The Case of Nurse Practitioners | 301 |
Does Thin Equal Healthy? | 330 |
An Overview | 339 |
Barriers and Portals | 357 |
Chapter 30 Factors Related to Secondary Prevention Behaviors for Breast Cancer | 367 |
Chapter 31 Tension and Paradox in Framing Interstitial Cystitis | 377 |
An Invitation | 386 |
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About the Contributors | 403 |
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Reframing Women's Health: Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Alice Dan No preview available - 1994 |
Reframing Women's Health: Multidisciplinary Research and Practice Alice Dan No preview available - 1994 |
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