Women's health in India : risk and vulnerability /
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| Imprint: | Bombay ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. |
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| Description: | xii, 320 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | [Gender studies] |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3040799 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Overview / Monica Das Gupta and Lincoln C. Chen
- 2. Gender Differentials in Child Mortality: a review of the evidence / Sunita Kishor
- 3. Women's Capabilities and Infant Mortality: lessons from Manipur / A. K. Shiva Kumar
- 4. Maternal Mortality: estimates from an econometric model / P. N. Mari Bhat, K. Navaneetham and S. Irudaya Rajan
- 5. Unsafe Motherhood: a review of reproductive health / Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Saumya Rama Rao
- 6. Women's Roles and the Gender Gap in Health and Survival / Alaka Malwade Basu
- 7. Women's Health in a Rural Poor Population in Tamil Nadu / T. K. Sundari Ravindran
- 8. Patriarchy and the Risks of STD and HIV Transmission to Women / Radhika Ramasubban
- 9. Widowhood and Well-Being in Rural North India / Martha Alter Chen and Jean Dreze
- 10. The Indian Woman in Later Life: some social and cultural considerations / Sylvia Vatuk
- 11. Gender and Health: from research to action / Adrienne Germain.
