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Women In Swedish Society - The Work, Health and Life Experiences of Women in Twentieth-century Sweden (Paperback)
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Women In Swedish Society - The Work, Health and Life Experiences of Women in Twentieth-century Sweden (Paperback)
Series: Scandinavia and the Baltic - Transnational and International Challenges, 1
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Women in Swedish Society is a groundbreaking study by two general
practitioners, Annika Forssen and Gunilla Carlstedt, who believed
that the medical profession and accepted medical science was
inadequately responding to the health problems presented by their
female patients. Rejecting the tendency of the medical profession
to link women's symptoms with female psychological issues or
reproductive biology, the authors undertook their own in-depth
research, drawing on systematic, wide-ranging interviews with 20
carefully chosen subjects. Their goal was to identify how women's
daily lives, in particular their personal circumstances and work
experiences - both in salaried employment and in the home -
impacted on their health. Women in Swedish Society incorporates the
detailed and intimate testimonies of these women. Through them,
Forssen and Carlstedt illustrate how changes in female health and
wellbeing reflect the radical changes in Swedish society during
their lifetimes, which spanned the twentieth century. The authors
also make comparisons with the situation of contemporary Swedish
women, finding that despite the shift in social attitudes and
improved opportunities for women, many issues surrounding power,
class and division of labor as well as medical care remain
unresolved.
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