In last week’s post I promised to take a focused look at women in the health care workforce. For both providers and patients, the gender gap has enormous consequences not only for how we understand American health care workers but also for how we take care of them. Society’s best interests require that both men [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health-care’
From the Real to the Ideal — Women Working in Health Care
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged Health-care, shriver report, woman's nation, women breadwinners, women in the workforce, workforce on November 17, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I Am Not a Pre-Existing Condition
Posted in Women & Economic Security, Women's Health, tagged Health-care, I am not a pre-existing condition, National WOmen's Law Center, Public option, women's health care on November 4, 2009, | 3 Comments »
I have a long list of pre-existing medical conditions, so I have a lot invested in health care and health insurance reform. But even if I didn’t have this crazy, messed-up body with all its injuries, conditions, and surgeries listed in my medical chart, I could still be denied health insurance. At the very least, [...]
The Quest for Work-Life Balance
Posted in A Women's Nation, Women and Work, Women's Health, tagged A Women's Nation, Equal Pay, Health-care, Sick and Tired, The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything, Work-Life Balance on November 4, 2009, | 1 Comment »
I started writing a blog two weeks ago about a chapter in The Shriver Report—A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything called “Sick and Tired.” The chapter outlines some of the troubles women have finding health care, receiving health care, and caring for others. I began to write about the women who worked as waitresses, which complicates [...]
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