Women and Health

This long-awaited holistic and cross-cultural survey demonstrates the effects of varying economic political social and cultural conditions on women''s health throughout the world. The authors address a wide range of topics from the sexual reproductive and gynecological to issues such as stress from and adaptation to increased urbanization changing work roles and family structures. [Offers] a complex picture of women''s experiences as seekers of health care in an increasingly multifaceted world in which traditional medical models and treatments have not vanished but have been suppressed by Western therapies and therapists. American Journal of Physical AnthropologyThis long awaited holistic and cross-cultural survey demonstrates the effects of varying economic political social and cultural conditions on women''s health throughout the world. The authors address a wide range of topics: from the sexual reproductive and gynecological to issues such as stress from and adaptation to increased urbanization changing work roles and family structures. Useful text for courses in Women''s Health Anthropology/Sociology of Medicine.