Overview

Is the ""war on drugs"" a gendered war? Is the use of recreational drugs a version of liberation for women? How do the policies of the pharmaceutical companies affect the lives of women worldwide? Are the practices and paradigms of the drug industry still based on male norms? Do medical interventions in fertility and menopause improve or damage women's health and well being? This issue brings together the work of feminist scientists, activists, artists and medical professionals in order to shed light on the role of both prescription and illegal/""recreational"" drugs in women's lives.

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Author:   NA NA
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Volume:   Issue 72
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.373kg
ISBN:  

9780333990247

ISBN 10:   0333990242
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   20 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Editorial Drugs; Emily Banks, Lyn Thomas, Nirmal Puwar, Vicki Bertram THEMED ARTICLES From Dogs' Testicles to Mares' Urine: the origins and contemporary use of hormonal therapy for the menopause; Emily Banks Pharmacopoeia; Liz Lee and Susie Freeman 'First in man': the politics and ethics of women in clinical drug trials; Oonagh Corrigan Dope for Dying; Jo Stanley 'Vials, Ampoules and a Bucketful of Syringes': the experience of the self-administration of hormonal drugs in IVF; Karen Throsby Freighter; Fiona Benson DIALOGUE SECTION Sex working Injection Drug Users: the silent junkies?; Andrea Efthimiou-Mordaunt Patent Rights Versus Patient Rights: intellectual property, the behaviour of pharmaceutical companies and access to treatment in sub-Saharan Africa; Johanna Hanefeld NON-THEMED ARTICLES Visibly Pregnant: Toward a Placental Body; Jane-Maree Maher 'It's Easier that You're a Girl and that You're Asian': interactions of race and gender between researchers and participants; Louise Archer BOOK REVIEWS New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender; Sadhana Soborun Policing Sexual Assault; Margaret Greenfields Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960: A feminine culture; Rosemary Auchmuty

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