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Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness
Published in Paperback by The Feminist Press at CUNY (April, 1991)
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This book is way too short for such an interesting topic. Another problem is that it depicts women as main victims of weird medical practices in 19th and early 20th century, which is not entirely true. At those times (and may be true today in some cases also) one would be far better off if one stayed away from medical profession. Also, there are some really hillarious things about treating hysteria which authors didnot bother to mention. For the hystory of vibrators as legitimate medical treatment for hysteria, Rachel Maines has done very good job in dealing with this topic. What is also a pity is that authors didn't pursue various medical superstitions about females and different treatment of females which are present in modern times. For example, nobody questions the articles published in peer reviewed medical journal which state that patient's absolute refusal is "relative contraindication" for performing episiotomy. Is there any other surgical procedure which can be inflicted on a patient against patient's explicitly stated wishes? Or for example the fact that many health insurances cover Viagra but don't cover contraceptives. There are many topics well worth investigation which belog to the topic "Complaints and Disorders : The Sexual Politics of Sickness" which authors have chosen not to address in this pamphlet (can't even call it a book).

An account of modern (post-Industrial Revolution) medicine's attempts to squish women under the juggernaut of progress by declaring them weak and/or unfit to achieve. While we here at History House are always suspicious of any work with an obvious political agenda (printed by The Feminist Press), the accounts of doctors and their loopy practices in the nineteenth century are a hoot. If push came to shove, we would suspect some of the wilder accounts given are probably minority views, but the prevailing notion of women as fragile bits of fluff subject to the whims of their productive systems was probably held by a majority of the docs during the period in question. Besides, it's only about ninety pages. A good bathroom read. [HistoryHouse.com]

The American health empire: power, profits, and politics
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Blood Rites Origins and History of the Pas
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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War
Published in Hardcover by DIANE Publishing Co (January, 1997)
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Hexen Hebammen Und Krankenschwestern
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Long March Short Spring: The Student Uprising at Home and Abroad
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The Mean Season: The Attack on the Welfare State
Published in Hardcover by Pantheon Books (August, 1987)
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Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines
Published in Paperback by University of California Press (September, 1994)
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Poverty in the American Dream: Women and Children First
Published in Paperback by South End Press (June, 1998)
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Psychological Aspects of Critical Care Nursing (Aspen Series in Critical Care Nursing)
Published in Hardcover by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (January, 1989)
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