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Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

Jafree, Sara Rizvi (Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore)

Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

 

The book offers a research-based account of the prevalent attitudes towards female healthcare practitioners in Pakistan. It takes a scholarly look at various structural issues that exist because of a strong gender bias against women, and discusses the way it affects the role delivery of women practitioners in hospital settings.


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Beschrijving Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan

Seeking to explore the plight of female healthcare practitioners in the country, Sara Rizvi Jafree's Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan is an examination of the South Asian cultural approach towards the traditional and historical working woman, particularly the healthcare professional. The book describes the laws that protect or harm such women in the workplace, and the real perils of physical and verbal harassment that they face during their service. Imbued with deep insights into the role of women in Islam, their socialization and the threats to the healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors, and lady health workers, this book presents anecdotes based on ethnographic research and factual knowledge which makes it an impressive resource for understanding this social issue. Exploring the perpetration of brutality through victims' testimonies, the author successfully paints a panorama on the theme of workplace cruelty, an important factor in the current discourse in Pakistan on this issue.


ISBN
9780199406067
Pagina's
292
Verschenen
NUR
741
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP Pakistan

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