This edited book includes new policy-relevant research on women’s health issues in Africa. Scholars explore critical topics from different disciplinary tradit

This critical collection engages many of the health problems of greatest concern to most African women today: death during pregnancy and the need for assistance

Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the gre

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the way

"This book explores the meaning and practice of health in the lives of southern African American women and their adolescent daughters"--