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Women Who Care: Women's Stories of Health Care and Caring

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Description:In her third year of medical training – discouraged by how little focus there was on caring – a young woman was faced with a decision: she could throw her hands up and quit or she could risk speaking up and work toward change. She decided to send out a call for submissions, asking women to share their experiences of health care and caring. Her inbox immediately overflowed with stories from women across Canada. Together, this amazing group of women wrote Women Who Care.Most women have stories to tell about their experiences of health care. They care for themselves through personal health and illness; they seek care from others; they become lay caregivers to their children, partners, aging parents and extended families. Some work as health care professionals – physicians, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists. Others work in community centres and shelters, or as health administrators, health policy-makers, women’s health researchers, and as feminist leaders and activists in women’s health.Women Who Care is a collection of women’s stories about caring. Through prose and poetry, this book captures the personal and professional values and expectations of women caregivers at each stage in their lives and careers. It examines women’s experiences as the providers and recipients of health care.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Women Who Care: Women's Stories of Health Care and Caring. To get started finding Women Who Care: Women's Stories of Health Care and Caring, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 175

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pottersfield Press

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1897426224

Description: In her third year of medical training – discouraged by how little focus there was on caring – a young woman was faced with a decision: she could throw her hands up and quit or she could risk speaking up and work toward change. She decided to send out a call for submissions, asking women to share their experiences of health care and caring. Her inbox immediately overflowed with stories from women across Canada. Together, this amazing group of women wrote Women Who Care.Most women have stories to tell about their experiences of health care. They care for themselves through personal health and illness; they seek care from others; they become lay caregivers to their children, partners, aging parents and extended families. Some work as health care professionals – physicians, nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists. Others work in community centres and shelters, or as health administrators, health policy-makers, women’s health researchers, and as feminist leaders and activists in women’s health.Women Who Care is a collection of women’s stories about caring. Through prose and poetry, this book captures the personal and professional values and expectations of women caregivers at each stage in their lives and careers. It examines women’s experiences as the providers and recipients of health care.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Women Who Care: Women's Stories of Health Care and Caring. To get started finding Women Who Care: Women's Stories of Health Care and Caring, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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