Prescribed norms
Subtitle: women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800
By: Cheryl Krasnick Warsh
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781442600614; 9781442603592
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Women's health services; History; Histoire; Santé et hygiène; Soins médicaux; Femmes; Women
Description: "By comparing ritual practices of various cultures, Prescribed Norms demonstrates how looking at women's health through a masculine lens has distorted current medical understandings of menstruation, menopause, and childbirth, and has often led to faulty medical conclusions. Warsh also illuminates how the shift from informal to more formal, institutionalized treatment impacts both women's health care and women's roles as health practitioners"--Pub. info.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-303) and index.