{"product_id":"what-makes-women-sick-gender-and-the-political-economy-of-health-9780813522074","title":"What Makes Women Sick: Gender and the Political Economy of Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes women sick? To an Ecuadorean woman, it's \u003ci\u003enervios\u003c\/i\u003e from constant worry about her children's illnesses. To a woman working in a New Mexico electronics factory, it's the solvents that leave her with a form of dementia. To a Ugandan woman, it's HIV from her husband's sleeping with the widow of an AIDS patient. To a Bangladeshi woman, it's a fatal infection following an IUD insertion. What they all share is a recognition that their sickness is somehow caused by situations they face every day at home and at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this clearly written and compelling book, Lesley Doyal investigates the effects of social, economic, and cultural conditions on women's health. The \"fault line\" of gender that continues to divide all societies has, Doyal demonstrates, profound and pervasive consequences for the health of women throughout the world. Her broad synthesis highlights variations between men and women in patterns of health and illness, and it identifies inequalities in medical care that separate groups of women from each other. Doyal's wide-ranging arguments, her wealth of data, her use of women's voices from many cultures--and her examples of women mobilizing to find their own solutions--make this book required reading for everyone concerned with women's health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Doyal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.43w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813522074","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180641628275,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_09534195-1d5a-43ff-91ef-3c9543b9418b.jpg?v=1655471105","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-makes-women-sick-gender-and-the-political-economy-of-health-9780813522074","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}