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Gray Jamieson, Gwendolyn.

Title Reaching for health : the Australian women's health movement and public policy / Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (PDF file (xvi, 394 pages))
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	This book presents an account of the ideas and work of women's health activists. It also identifies the opportunities for health reform that were created along the way.
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 7, 2012).
Contents	Concepts, concerns, critiques -- With only their bare hands -- Infrastructure expansion: 1980s onwards -- Group proliferation and formal networks -- Working together for health -- Women's reproductive rights: confronting power -- Policy responses: states and territories -- Commonwealth policy responses -- Explaining Australia's policy responses -- A glass half full ... -- Appendix 1, Time line of key events, 1960-2011 -- Appendix 2, Women interviewed for the book.
Language	English.
Subject	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.
	Régulation des naissances -- Australie -- Histoire.
	Contraception -- Australie -- Histoire.
	Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- Australie -- Histoire.
	Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
	Médecine -- Histoire -- 21e siècle.
	Law.
	Laws of Specific jurisdictions.
	Medical and healthcare law.
	Political structure and processes.
	Politics and government.
	Social law.
	Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
	Birth control
	Contraception
	Sex discrimination against women
	Women -- Health and hygiene
	Women's health services
	Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
	Women's Health Services -- history
	Women's Health -- history
	Women's Rights -- history
	History, 20th Century
	History, 21st Century
	Australia
Indexed Term	Women's health movement
	Women
	Healthcare
	Politics
	Australia
Genre/Form	History
In:	Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
	OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN
Other Form:	Print version: Gray Jamieson, Gwendolyn. Reaching for health. Canberra, ACT : ANU E Press, ©2012 (DLC) 2012451921
ISBN	9781921862670 (pbk.)
	192186267X (pbk.)
	1921862688 (ebook)
	9781921862687 (electronic bk.)
Standard No.	NLM 101594790
	AU@ 000051588646
	AU@ 000058392015
	AU@ 000060611437
	GBVCP 1008658022
	GBVCP 865745544