The Health Of Women: A Global Perspective

The Health Of Women: A Global Perspective
ISBN-10
0429976089
ISBN-13
9780429976087
Category
Social Science
Pages
291
Language
English
Published
2018-05-04
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Jill Gay

Description

This is a review of the many factors that affect women's health, ranging from low socioeconomic status and the impact of the debt crisis, to more direct medical determinants, such as poor nutrition, haemorrhage, eclampsia and infection. It includes the perspectives of policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and academics. The contributors assess the reduced quality of life for women and the often unacknowledged contributions of women and girls as the backbone of production in both developing and developed countries. They call for new initiatives to understand and improve women's health, taking into account biological elements such as the life-cycle of women as well as cultural constraints and socioeconomic realities.

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