wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS: Diversity, Inequality, and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic
ISBN: 9781409431114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very little about the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Doyal brings together findings from a wide range of empirical studies spanning the social sciences to explore experiences of HIV positive people across the world. This will illustrate how the disease is physically manifested and psychologically internalised by individuals in diverse ways depending on the biological,...
There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very...
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249,41 zł |
What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of Health
ISBN: 9780333542057 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Lesley Doyal draws on a wide range of disciplines to highlight the limitations of medical models in understanding global patterns of health and disease in women. Examining in detail the impact of sexuality, fertility control, reproduction, domestic labour and waged work on women's well-being, she shows how gender divisions in economic and social life affect their experiences of illness, disability and mortality. A concluding chapter illustrates the multiplicity of ways in which women around the world are challenging the threats to their health.
Lesley Doyal draws on a wide range of disciplines to highlight the limitations of medical models in understanding global patterns of health and diseas...
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202,63 zł |
Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS: Diversity, Inequality, and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic
ISBN: 9781409431107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very little about the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Doyal brings together findings from a wide range of empirical studies spanning the social sciences to explore experiences of HIV positive people across the world. This will illustrate how the disease is physically manifested and psychologically internalised by individuals in diverse ways depending on the biological,...
There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very...
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753,56 zł |
Aids: Setting a Feminist Agenda
ISBN: 9780748401635 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. AIDS: Setting a Feminist Agenda" presents an overview of the important issues raised for feminist theory and practice by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and outlines the direction in which feminist debates about the subject are developing. It makes essential links between feminism and HIV/AIDS work, and not only demonstrates that AIDS is a feminist issue, but also suggests areas where feminism is long overdue. The essays discuss medical issues; the specific social and political impact of HIV/AIDS on the lives of women of colour, lesbians, injecting drug users and prostitute women; And Current Health...
AIDS: Setting a Feminist Agenda" presents an overview of the important issues raised for feminist theory and practice by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and ou...
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244,21 zł |
What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of Health
ISBN: 9780813522074 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Lesley Doyal has done it again By making a political, cross-cultural analysis the core of every topic she covers, she makes us change the way we think about and act on critical issues in women's health. Students in public health and in women studies will find this intelligent, accessible book a unique and enlightening resource." --Nancy Worcester, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and National Women's Health Network 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...
"Lesley Doyal has done it again By making a political, cross-cultural analysis the core of every topic she covers, she makes us change the way we thi...
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140,27 zł |
Health and Work: Critical Perspectives
ISBN: 9780333691915 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Occupational health issues have been identified as crucially important in the debate about socio-economic determinants of health and illness. Yet few texts have addressed issues of work and health in any depth, while interest in the field continues to grow. Health and Work explores current debates about inequalities in health, focusing on the consequences of new patterns of employment for health, stress and the quality of working life. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives in an international, global context, each chapter examines changing discourses of risk and health and...
Occupational health issues have been identified as crucially important in the debate about socio-economic determinants of health and illness. Yet few ...
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223,42 zł |
Engendering Social Policy
ISBN: 9780335201136 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The articles collated in this text explore: how social policy constructs gendered relations; the difference/equailty debate; representations and discourses in social policy; the tensions and issues associated with restructuring domestic relations; and feminist alternatives to mainstream social policy solutions. The book adopts a comparative and international perspective taking on board the importance of global changes as well as illustrating its argument with practices and research from a number of countries. Overall, the text raises issues for students, academics and practitioners dealing...
The articles collated in this text explore: how social policy constructs gendered relations; the difference/equailty debate; representations and disco...
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295,28 zł |