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Medicine and the Family: A Feminist Perspective

Medicine and the Family: A Feminist Perspective

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Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0465008259
ISBN13: 9780465008254
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: Dec 1 1995
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For centuries, traditional medicine has been infused with a masculine bias, often to the disadvantage of both doctors and patients. This book challenges prevailing views and offers a family-oriented feminist approach to the practice of medicine. Drawing on her 20 years of experience as a family doctor, the author dissects the assumptions underlying current teachings about child and adult development, sexual abuse, the family life cycle, and family systems. She exposes the ways in which women are often ignored, subordinated, or blamed in the modern medical system. For example, she notes that women are often held solely responsible for all problems in their families, including child abuse and battering.

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