Women's health in Canada : critical perspectives on theory and policy

Hankivsky, Olena. (Added Author). Varcoe, Colleen, 1952- (Added Author). Morrow, Marina, 1963- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780802039392 (bound)
Physical Description: print
ix, 557 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction : beyond gender matters / Colleen Varcoe, Olena Hankivsky and Marina Morrow -- 1. Our bodies, our selves' in context : reflections on the women's health movement in Canada / Marina Morrow -- 2. More than age and biology : overhauling lifespan approaches to women's health / Olena Hankivsky -- 3. Feminist methodology and health research : bridging trends and debates / Marina Morrow and Olena Hankivsky -- 4. Postcolonial feminist theoretical perspectives and women's health / Annette Browne, Victoria L. Smye and Colleen Varcoe -- 5. Gender-based analysis and health policy : the need to rethink outdated strategies / Olena Hankivsky -- 6. Engendering evidence : transforming economic evaluations / Olena Hankivsky and Jane Friesen -- 7. Women's health and the politics of poverty and exclusion / Colleen Reid -- 8. Women's health at the intersection of gender and the experience of international migration / Bilkis Vissandjee, Wilfreda Thurston, Alisha Apale and Kamrun Nahar -- 9. Cultures of dis/ability : from being stigmatized to doing disability / Lisa Diedrich -- 10. Negotiating sexualities in women's health care / Cynthia Mathieson -- 11. Mothering and women's health / Colleen Varcoe and Gweneth Hartrick Doane --