Reaching for health : the Australian women's health movement and public policy

Reaching for health the Australian women's health movement and public policy

The women's health movement shocked and scandalised when it burst into Australian politics in the early 1970s. It cast the light of day onto taboo subjects such as sexual assault, abortion and domestic violence, provoking outrage and condemnation.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gray Jamieson, Gwendolyn, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Birth control > Australia > History.
Contraception > Australia > History.
Sex discrimination against women > Australia > History.
Women's health services > Australia > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > Australia > History.
Women > Social conditions.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Concepts, Concerns, Critiques
  • 2. With Only Their Bare Hands
  • 3. Infrastructure Expansion:1980s onwards
  • 4. Group Proliferation and Formal Networks
  • 5. Working Together for Health
  • 6. Women's Reproductive Rights: Confronting power
  • 7. Policy Responses: States and Territories
  • 8. Commonwealth Policy Responses
  • 9. Explaining Australia's Policy Responses
  • 10. A Glass Half Full…
  • Appendix 1:Time line of key events, 1960-2011
  • Appendix 2:Women interviewed for this book
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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