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For many women around the globe, health has become the central
intersection of the personal and the political; women's bodies are
the arena for policy debates about population, poverty,
reproduction, and morality. Women's Global Health: Norms and State
Policies is a comprehensive assessment of health for women around
the globe that will inform debates underway in a wide range of
disciplines. These fields include public health, most obviously,
but also sociology, anthropology and other disciplines. This book
will advance the interdisciplinary fields of ethics, women's
studies, and international studies. It answers several questions
with implications for knowledge in the preceding fields, along with
relevance to policy. Some of these complex questions include: How
do the laws and policies of a nation-state affect women's health?
Is the state invested in these issues because women are seen to be
bearers and nurturers of future citizens? Or are there other
concerns such as economic development, human welfare, or religious
ideology that shape this engagement? This book also examines the
current and historical responsibilities of the state in addressing
women's health issues, and how these responsibilities can they be
measured and improved upon. Finally, the book looks at how to best
approach the underlying ethical issues in practical and useful ways
for women around the globe.
This title was first published in 2001: During the last twenty
years government rhetoric in the UK has increasingly advocated that
statutory health and social care services should regard and treat
recipients as 'consumers' in the same way as companies and
organizations in the private sector. This involves a considerable
cultural change on the part of both service providers and their
clients, and this timely study explores the extent to which such a
cultural change is actually taking place in British society. The
utilization of welfare services by a sample of people aged 70 and
above on discharge from inpatient care and in a short period
afterwards is examined as a critical testbed for key components of
consumerism, including participation, representation, access,
choice, information and redress. The book explores not only the
extent to which opportunities are being provided for users to play
an active role in their care, but also their degree of willingness
to assume such a role.
Dementia is a mine-field of experiences and discoveries and this
book relates the heart-rending journey of a daughter and her mother
to the end of a frustrating and often confusing disease. Living
with dementia requires a whole new set of rules and Roberts
explains as she goes what is happening both from her experiences as
well as from her mother's view point. The Long Good-bye puts the
progression of the disease out front and allows the reader to see
how the trip could have been a little smoother. Roberts offers a
number of ways to prepare for the end as well as suggestions for
the caregiver from the onset to choosing a facility, to making the
end easier.
For many women around the globe, health has become the central
intersection of the personal and the political; women's bodies are
the arena for policy debates about population, poverty,
reproduction, and morality. Women's Global Health: Norms and State
Policies is a comprehensive assessment of health for women around
the globe that will inform debates underway in a wide range of
disciplines. These fields include public health, most obviously,
but also sociology, anthropology and other disciplines. This book
will advance the interdisciplinary fields of ethics, women's
studies, and international studies. It answers several questions
with implications for knowledge in the preceding fields, along with
relevance to policy. Some of these complex questions include: How
do the laws and policies of a nation-state affect women's health?
Is the state invested in these issues because women are seen to be
bearers and nurturers of future citizens? Or are there other
concerns such as economic development, human welfare, or religious
ideology that shape this engagement? This book also examines the
current and historical responsibilities of the state in addressing
women's health issues, and how these responsibilities can they be
measured and improved upon. Finally, the book looks at how to best
approach the underlying ethical issues in practical and useful ways
for women around the globe.
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