Womens Health: Complexities and Differences

By Sheryl Burt Ruzek, Virginia L. Olesen, Adele E. Clarke

Book Overview

In a challenge to purely biomedical definitions of women's health, this text draws attention to social, cultural, and behavioural elements. The concept of women's health has undergone a transformation over the past two decades. From an assumption of basic commonalities among women (based on the shared characteristics of the female anatomy and of diseases prevalent amongst women), the focus has shifted to the differences among women that affect their health and medical treatment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814207057
• ISBN13: 9780814207055
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 689 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent resource book.

This book is a wonderful collection of information about women's health. It is readable, comprehensive, and understandable. The editors have done an excellent job of bringing together information ranging from minorities to issues about violence to the research agenda for women's health. This book is recommended for anyone interested in women's health.