{"product_id":"prescribed-norms-cheryl-krasnick-warsh-9781442600614","title":"Prescribed Norms: Women and Health in Canada and the United States Since 1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her meticulously researched history, Cheryl Krasnick Warsh challenges readers to rethink the norms of women's health and treatment in Canada and the United States since 1800. \u003cem\u003ePrescribed Norms \u003c\/em\u003edetails a disturbing socio-medical history that limits and discounts women's own knowledge of their bodies and their health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy comparing ritual practices of various cultures, \u003cem\u003ePrescribed Norms \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways accessible and occasionally irreverent, Warsh's narrative provides readers with multiple foundations for reconsidering women's health and women's health care. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheryl Krasnick Warsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442600616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442600614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010","brand":"Cheryl Krasnick Warsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449607336191,"sku":"9781442600614","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_299160be-fcab-4682-806d-bde5f4cff601.jpg?v=1777264137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prescribed-norms-cheryl-krasnick-warsh-9781442600614","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}