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Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 317 Pages Indexed. Bottom front board corner lightly bumped. Otherwise an As New book. This collection of contemporary essays expands the understanding of both health itself and the ways in which women may experience their roles as consumers and providers of health care. The authors represent a number of disciplines, anthropology, sociology, and political science, and examine issues of current public concern on both sides of the Atlantic. Many important health questions are discussed, including the increasing use of high technology methods in obstetrical care, the controversy over estrogen replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms, threatment of frail elderly women, occupational lhealth, health issues of sport and fitness, abortion policy, and health care systems of Britain, the United States, and Canada as they relate to women in various social circumstances. Addresses not only current controversies in the area of women and health, but suggests ways in which these controversies may reveall more general insights into women's role in society and into the organization of gender as a basis of social differentation. It presents a new perspective on women's health and analyzes the implications for related policy.