Originally published in 1985, this collection of essays expands the understanding of both health itself and the ways in which women may experience their roles as consumers and providers of health care.

Ellen Lewis is Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, USA. Virginia Olesen is Professor Emerita at the Center for Health and Community, University of California San Francisco, USA.

1. Women, Health and Healing: A Theoretical Introduction Virginia Olesen and Ellen Lewin 2. Providers, Negotiators and Mediators: Women as the Hidden Carers Hilary Graham 3. Occupational Health and Women: The Case of Clerical Work Ellen Lewin and Virginia Olesen 4. The Frail Elderly Woman: Emergent questions in Aging and Women's Health Helen Evers 5. Oestrogen-Replacement Therapy: The Production of Medical Knowledge and the Emergence of Policy Patricia A. Kaufert and Sonja M. McKinlay 6. Abortion in the 1980s: Feminist Morality and Women's Health Rosalind Pollack Petchesky 7. Struggle Between Providers and Recipients: The Case of Birth Practices Shelly Romalis 8. Women and Sports: Reflections on Health and Policy Mary Boutilier and Lucinda SanGiovanni 9. Women and the National Health Service: The Carers and the Careless Lesley Doyal 10. Women and Health: The United States and the United Kingdom Compared Margaret Stacey.