Women and health services : an agenda for change

Health at risk : poverty and national health strategies ; Reproductive health needs across the lifespan ; Health, ageing and older women ; Meeting the health needs of women from black and minority ethnic communities ; Hit and miss : the success and failure of psychiatric services for women ; Gender issues in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease ; Cause for concern : women and smoking ; Maternity and health links : an advocacy service for Asian women and their families ; The establishment of a women-centred gynaecology assessment unit ; Gender, sexuality and healthcare : improving services ; The care of women with breast cancer : research, policy and practice ; Women, low income and smoking : developing a bottom-up approach ; Gender and health promotion in two different settings ; Women and collective general practice : the Hoxton experience ; Involving women as consumers : the Oxfordshire health strategy ; From theory to practice : the Glasgow experience ; Conclusions : the ways forward?

Examines the theoretical, conceptual and empirical underpinning of current arguments for greater gender awareness in health planning and explores a variety of schemes designed to put these new ideas into practice.