More Than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women's Health Movement

by Jennifer Nelson

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In 1948, the Constitution of the World Health Organization declared, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Yet this idea was not predominant in the United States immediately after World War II, especially when it came to women's reproductive health. Both legal and medical institutions--and the male legislators and physicians who populated those institutions--reinforced...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814770665

ISBN13:9780814770665

Release Date:March 2015

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History Social Science Social Sciences

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