Menstrual Disorders (Paperback)

What does modern medical science know about menstruation? The menstrual cycle is less well understood by physicians than is commonly assumed and medical understanding of disorders associated with it are also limited. This study challenges the orthodox thinking in both society and medicine on menstruation. The authors base their study on women's own experiences and accounts of menstruation and menstrual disorders, drawing on a wide range of studies including their own. The book shows that women are often socialized to interpret the menstruum in negative terms and as something essentially private to be contained within the female domain. Taking an unorthodox approach, the authors incorporate a discussion of how menstruation is perceived within male culture and how the perspective of the medical profession has remained discernibly patriarchal. They show the significance of this in relation to women's experience within the family and at work. They end the book by focusing on the medicalisation of menstruation and the advantages and disadvantages for women of the greater access to the sick role this development implies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1992
First published:	1993
Authors:	Graham Scambler
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	124
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-04646-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Gynaecology & obstetrics > General Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development > Reproductive medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-04646-7
Barcode:	9780415046466

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