Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... women's movement has played a central role in this develop- ment , struggling against sexist beliefs and practices ... women in a male - dominated medical system , which considered women to be inferior and sickly people , and practised a ...
... women's movement has played a central role in this develop- ment , struggling against sexist beliefs and practices ... women in a male - dominated medical system , which considered women to be inferior and sickly people , and practised a ...
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... women . On the one hand , they saw that the medical system , for example , by offering women protection from unwanted pregnancy , was strategic to women's liberation . But they were also clear that medicine was central to the oppression of ...
... women . On the one hand , they saw that the medical system , for example , by offering women protection from unwanted pregnancy , was strategic to women's liberation . But they were also clear that medicine was central to the oppression of ...
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... women , many related to health which were largely ignored until the work of Finch and Groves ( 1982 ) , Walker ( 1983 ) , and Evers ( 1985 ) , which merit some separate consideration , particularly in relation to older women . Women ...
... women , many related to health which were largely ignored until the work of Finch and Groves ( 1982 ) , Walker ( 1983 ) , and Evers ( 1985 ) , which merit some separate consideration , particularly in relation to older women . Women ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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