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- catalog abstract "In this collection of essays, Ann Oakley, one of the most influential social scientists of the last twenty years, brings together the best of her word on the sociology of women's health. She focuses on four main themes - divisions of labour, motherhood, technology and methodology - and in her own inimitable style, combines serious academic discourse from a feminist sociological perspective with a practical understanding of what it is to be a women facing the often impersonal world of twentieth-century medicine. Updating and expanding substantially on her earlier work, Telling the Truth About Jerusalem, this new collection bridges the medical/social divide in an accessible and personable way.".
- catalog contributor b4577061.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "In this collection of essays, Ann Oakley, one of the most influential social scientists of the last twenty years, brings together the best of her word on the sociology of women's health.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-289) and index.".
- catalog description "She focuses on four main themes - divisions of labour, motherhood, technology and methodology - and in her own inimitable style, combines serious academic discourse from a feminist sociological perspective with a practical understanding of what it is to be a women facing the often impersonal world of twentieth-century medicine.".
- catalog description "Updating and expanding substantially on her earlier work, Telling the Truth About Jerusalem, this new collection bridges the medical/social divide in an accessible and personable way.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Divisions of Labour. 1. Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. 2. The Limits of the Professional Imagination. 3. The Doctor's Problem. 4. On the Importance of Being a Nurse. 5. 'Consumerism' and the Future of the Perinatal Health Services. 6. Who Cares for Women? Science and 'Love' in Midwifery Today -- pt. II. Motherhood. 7. The Cries and Smiles of Babies. 8. Promoting the Health of Childbearing Women. 9. Perinatal Mortality -- Whose Problem? 10. Birth as a 'Normal' Process. 11. The Changing Social Context of Maternity Care -- pt. III. Technology. 12. The China Syndrome. 13. Technologies of Procreation: Hazards for Women and the Social Order? 14. A History Lesson: Ultrasound in Obstetrics. 15. Tamoxifen -- In Whose Best Interests? -- pt. IV. Methodology. 16. Ways of Knowing: Feminism and the Challenge to Knowledge. 17. Interviewing Women: A Contradiction in Terms? 18. Some Problems of the Scientific Research Method and Feminist Research Practice.".
- catalog extent "xii, 295 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Essays on women, medicine and health.".
- catalog identifier "0748604413 (cased) :".
- catalog identifier "0748604502 (pbk)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Essays on women, medicine and health.".
- catalog isPartOf "Edinburgh education and society series.".
- catalog isPartOf "Edinburgh education and society".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,".
- catalog relation "Essays on women, medicine and health.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "1994 E-308".
- catalog subject "610/.82 20".
- catalog subject "Feminism.".
- catalog subject "Health Sociology".
- catalog subject "RA564.85 .O24 1993".
- catalog subject "Sociology, Medical Great Britain Collected Works.".
- catalog subject "WA 300 O11e 1993".
- catalog subject "Women Health and hygiene.".
- catalog subject "Women Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "Women's Health Great Britain Collected Works.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Divisions of Labour. 1. Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper. 2. The Limits of the Professional Imagination. 3. The Doctor's Problem. 4. On the Importance of Being a Nurse. 5. 'Consumerism' and the Future of the Perinatal Health Services. 6. Who Cares for Women? Science and 'Love' in Midwifery Today -- pt. II. Motherhood. 7. The Cries and Smiles of Babies. 8. Promoting the Health of Childbearing Women. 9. Perinatal Mortality -- Whose Problem? 10. Birth as a 'Normal' Process. 11. The Changing Social Context of Maternity Care -- pt. III. Technology. 12. The China Syndrome. 13. Technologies of Procreation: Hazards for Women and the Social Order? 14. A History Lesson: Ultrasound in Obstetrics. 15. Tamoxifen -- In Whose Best Interests? -- pt. IV. Methodology. 16. Ways of Knowing: Feminism and the Challenge to Knowledge. 17. Interviewing Women: A Contradiction in Terms? 18. Some Problems of the Scientific Research Method and Feminist Research Practice.".
- catalog title "Essays on women, medicine and health / Ann Oakley.".
- catalog type "text".