Employment Law has been taught in one guise or another for many years and remains a popular subject with students. It has also given rise to more specialist offshoots, such as courses which examine the laws designed to assist women in paid employment - in particular, the anti-discrimination laws. Whilst equal pay, maternity rights and sex discrimination, including sexual harasment, have received attention from feminist scholars, there is an increasing awareness that it is the whole of the working environment that must be examined if real progress is to be made. This volume aims to present an...

This title was first published in 2002.This invaluable collection of essays critically evaluates the treatment received by women as recipients and providers of health care. It looks at how their role and needs are perceived and constructed by the law, by health care organizations, by the health care professions and by commercial organizations operating in the health care sector. In doing so, it constitutes a significant advancement in the current research in this area.