TY - GEN T1 - Prescribed norms : women and health in Canada and the United States since 1800 A1 - Warsh, Cheryl Krasnick, 1957- LA - English PP - Toronto PB - University of Toronto Press YR - 2010 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn753429515 AB - "By comparing ritual practices of various cultures, Prescribed Norms demonstrates how looking at women's health through a masculine lens has distorted current medical understandings of menstruation, menopause, and childbirth, and has often led to faulty medical conclusions. Warsh also illuminates how the shift from informal to more formal, institutionalized treatment impacts both women's health care and women's roles as health practitioners"--Pub. info OP - 316 CN - RA564.85 .W37 2010 SN - 9781442686557 SN - 1442686553 SN - 9781442600614 SN - 1442600616 SN - 9781442603592 SN - 1442603593 KW - Women : Health and hygiene : Canada : History. KW - Women : Health and hygiene : United States : History. KW - Women's health services : Canada : History. KW - Women's health services : United States : History. KW - Women's Health : history KW - History, 19th Century KW - History, 20th Century KW - History, 21st Century KW - Women's Health Services : history KW - Canada KW - United States KW - Femmes : Santé et hygiène : Canada : Histoire. KW - Femmes : Santé et hygiène : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Femmes : Soins médicaux : Canada : Histoire. KW - Femmes : Soins médicaux : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Médecine : Histoire : 21e siècle. KW - HEALTH & FITNESS : Healthy Living. KW - HEALTH & FITNESS : Holism. KW - HEALTH & FITNESS : Reference. KW - MEDICAL : Preventive Medicine. KW - HISTORY : North America. KW - Women : Health and hygiene KW - Women's health services KW - History ER -