Women and Surgery 1990 Conference proceedings : conference papers, workshop reports and program details.

Melbourne : Healthsharing Women, [1991]

120 pages ; 30 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

Covers a broad spectrum of womens health experiences, including medical ethics, funding, research and policy, in addition to 'women only' surgical procedures.

Includes a keynote paper by Jo Spence: Body beautiful? or body in crisis? pages 44 - 48.

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Io

Part one: 'ectomy, 'oscopy, 'ostomy treatment options and women's experiences of hospitalisation and treatment -- Part Two: Informed consent, ethics, information, advocacy and legal issues -- Part three: Who wields the scalpel? Institutional power and control of resources -- Part four: Workshop reports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.