Access to welfare: An introduction to welfare rationing (Studies in social policy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Foster, Peggy

Politics & Government

Macmillan

This volume claims that women are being misled and exploited by the health-care products. It takes a critical look at the kind of health care provided for women by mainstream modern medicine and argues that the current system is primarily designed to meet the needs of health-care providers - especially the manufacturers of prescribed drugs and high-tech medical equipment. While health-care providers undoubtedly benefit from an ever-expanding health-care system, this book shows that the benefits to women, as consumers, are far less clear. Not only do many medical interventions pose risks to women's physical health, they also frequently threaten women's psychological and emotional well-being. Moreover, women as a group are often disempowered by the medicalization of their problems. "Women and the Health Care Industry" highlights the costs to women, both individually and collectively, of being the main consumers of modern medical services. Foster's argument that much modern medicine does women more harm than good applies not just to high-tech forms of medical treatment, but also to so-called preventative services such as breast cancer screening. The book should be of interest to a wide range of sociology, social-policy and health-care students.

Women and the Health Care Industry: An Unhealthy Relationship?

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Open Univ Pr

Foster (social policy, U. of Manchester) charges that women are being misled and exploited by the mainstream medical industry, which is designed primarily for the benefit of health care providers, and the manufacturers of prescription drugs and high-tech medical equipment. Not only do specific medical interventions threaten women's physical, psychological, and emotional well-being, she says, but the medicalization of women's health disempowers them as a group. Distributed by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Book by Dale, Jennifer, Foster, Peggy

Feminists and State Welfare (Radical Social Policy Series)

Dale, Jennifer

Social Sciences

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Can you imagine discovering you have a dual-existence for your entire lifetime that you knew nothing about? Can you imagine that a single evening's conversation about a couple of missing hours could lead to a discovery of your repeated abduction by aliens? Can you imagine learning an alien word and memorizing alien symbols subconsciously? Can you imagine the terror of never knowing when you will, yet again, be abducted? If you can imagine these things you have discovered only the very beginnings of this compelling page-turner. The Black Triangle Abduction examines the past ten years of alien abductions and reviews a complete lifetime of contact and programming. The story unfolds in real-time as it is revealed to the authors and the two therapists. By guiding them through hypnotic regression into the realm of unbelievable terror with graphic, jolting, horrifying detail. The authors and therapist explain the fantastic story in simple, first person terms as it happened. Two ordinary people had extraordinary experiences that could never be comprehended without professional help. If you have ever wondered about the reality of UFOs, the grays, missing time, or alien abduction, you will have a very firm conviction when you finish reading The Black Triangle Abduction

The Black Triangle Abduction

Foster, Bill

Wheeler, Nadine

Psychology & Counseling

Invisible College Pr Llc

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