the work, health and life experiences of women in twentieth-century Sweden
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Carlstedt, Gunilla
- Creator
- Forssén, Annika
- Publish Year
- 2020
- Shelfmark
- SCA 1E 2020
- Thesaurus
- gezondheid, arbeid, opvoeding, dagelijks leven, zwangerschappen, ouderschap, man-vrouw-verschillen, Zweden, 20e eeuw
- Description
- This publication is a study by two general practitioners, who believed that the medical profession and accepted medical science was inadequately responding to the health problems presented by their female patients. Rejecting the tendency of the male-dominated medical profession to link women's symptoms with female psychological issues or reproductive biology, the authors undertook their own in-depth research, drawing on systematic, wide-ranging interviews with 20 carefully chosen subjects. Their goal was to identify how women's daily lives, in particular their personal circumstances and work experiences - both in salaried employment and in the home - impacted on their health.