What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of Health

by Lesley Doyal

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What makes women sick? To an Ecuadorean woman, it's nervios from constant worry about her children's illnesses. To a woman working in a New Mexico electronics factory, it's the solvents that leave her with a form of dementia. To a Ugandan woman, it's HIV from her husband's sleeping with the widow of an AIDS patient. To a Bangladeshi woman, it's a fatal infection following an IUD insertion. What they all share is a recognition that their...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813522072

ISBN13:9780813522074

Release Date:May 1995

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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Administration & Medicine Economics Education & Reference Health Health Care Delivery Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Medical Medical Books Political Science Politics & Government

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