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Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women

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I thought this book was wonderful because it not only addresses women's health in the reproductive realm but it also addresses the realities of women's health in developing countries: injuries due to overwork, too many children, violence, malnutrition, and also addresses mental illnesses. It also has a great section on FGM, AIDS, Sexual Violence, and Commerical Sex Workers. It integrates gender issues with traditional women's health concerns. I am dying to know when it is coming out in Spanish so I can take it down to Guatemala with me.

I brought this as a companion to "Where There is no Doctor" for a trip to Guatemala. Althought parts are very helpful, I tended to refer to the other book for concrete help. Excellent info of family planning, breast feeding which is a must for health care workers.

Having worked for several years in refugee health, this book, along with "Where there is no doctor" were staples of our field health libraries. I was incredibly happy to see the book on the shelves in our clinics on the Thai-Burma border, and feel that it provides really thorough basic information for women's health programs. I think it is a really good teaching aid for rural health workers- my only wish is that there were glossy full page anatomy pictures- but alas. . .

This text is very handy. Practical help for international health care workers. Great to leave in village clinics for reference.

I'm not sure I like how this book is organized. Also, this book really is geared to missionaries and other aid workers in third world countries. The book assumes you're dealing with villagers on a remote mountain top. I knew that missionaries used this book, but I didn't realize how much the book was written specifically to them. I'm sure the information is good, but certainly it leaves room for other books to come up in the market that target people in developed countries who want to know how to deal with health issues during natural catastrophes with no doctor. You know, like the zombie apocalypse.

Great book! Highly recommend it! I particularly like that it is written in simple, easy-to-understand terms with illustrations. It provides basic but key information about women's health care -- Dalay Lawrence

Unlike, "Where There is no Doctor", this book spent more time with platitudes and recommendations as to when to go see an aid worker, rather than actual procedures as to how to deal with health and injury issues. This should have been titled, "Where Women Have No Doctor Next Door, Then They Need to Go Find One" instead.