This book seeks to explain why harmful beauty practices persist and have become so extreme. It also considers how a culture of resistance to these practices can be created.

"This book explains how Chinese medicine diagnoses, treats, and prevents breast diseases. It covers a variety of self-care and home remedies, including self-massage, magnet therapy, moxibustion, aromatherapy, patient medicines plasters and liniments, and herbal teas. It includes information on Chinese dietary therapy, exercise, and deep relaxation."--Publisher.

Comment le discours féministe se porte-t-il au sein de la francophonie minoritaire canadienne? Quelle est l'ampleur réelle de son champ de recherche et comment qualifier la variété des registres à partir desquels il se déploie? Invitées par le Réseau des chercheuse féministes de l'Ontario français, des femmes de diverses régions du pays répondent et articulent leurs réflexions autour de quatre grandes thématiques : la construction...

Although women were understudied in the early years of the epidemic, research and practice devoted to understanding and ameliorating the effects of the AIDS epidemic have begun in recent years. Women and AIDS is the first comprehensive exploration of the medical and psychosocial concerns and issues surrounding women living with HIV/AIDS. Contributors address the biomedical aspects of the disease, stress and coping factors, reproductive and childcare...

"Sponsored by the National Association for Women's Health, Winning in the Women's Health Care Marketplace outlines a systematic approach for creating a powerful health program that will capture the attention and loyalty of the emerging women's market. This comprehensive resource is a synthesis of the nation's best practices for the responsible and profitable delivery of a new model for health care services delivery, one in which the female consumer...

Abuses by international corporations, withdrawal of social services and implementation of regressive legislation continue to impoverish women and reduce the quality of their everyday lives: women have reason to be demoralized. Recognizing this challenging and difficult situation, this volume reviews women's successes at feminizing Canadian institutions. It is intended to hearten the women's movement, and show the potential for feminist change and...

In this imaginative work of cultural and literary history, Diane Price Herndl examines the tensions found in literary representations of feminine illness. Using medical texts, art, and advertising as well as major works of fiction, Price Herndl argues that such representations were not "natural" but were instead ideologically motivated. While invalid women in American fiction sometimes upheld and sometimes challenged dominant social and medical practice,...