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Abstract: Hysteria is deemed as a woman’s malady. For centuries, it was believed to be a condition of woman’s illness in which the uterus was thought to be wandering. The attitude of society to madness in woman has a…
Abstract: Medicinal plants form the largest segment of the biodiversity used by indigenous people. Traditionally, women are the providers of health care within the home. An important area of woman’s involvement in traditional medicine is in the area of antenatal…
Abstract: The instrumentality of biomedicine in colonial empire has been the subject of many discussions. Western medicine or biomedicine was introduced in Travancore during the reign of GowriLaxmi Bhai in 1811 when the British resident was very powerful. Of all…
Abstract: Globalisation in the Health sector is not a new phenomenon. It started about two hundred years ago. The qualitative change in the overall health of mankind is achieved through globalisation of modern medicine. But ideologically the new globalisation…
Abstract: Women are still the victims of violence, seldom receiving any protection or justice. Apart from robbery, burglary, aggravated assault and homicide which men too are subject to, there is another type of violence specially targeted on to women, because…
Abstract: The research to examine the health impact of violence against women and the role of health services and professions has been undertaken in different parts of the country. The research being done and completed use the traditional quantitative and…
Abstract: The article examines violence against women in India, under various heads such as rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry death, torture, molestation, sexual harassment, importation of girls, sati prevention act, immoral traffic act, indecent representation of women(p) act and dowry…
Abstract: The term “mental health” is a misnomer since we cannot separate mental and physical health and confine them to watertight compartments. There can only be one state of health which has both mental and physical aspects. Hence “health” has…
Abstract: Health is a basic human right/women’s right. Attainment and maintenance of good health depends on women’s access to nutritious food, appropriate medicine to treat illness, clean water, safe housing, pollution-free environment and timely health services. Women’s health is determined…
Abstract: Much has been written about the “high” status of women in Kerala and their central role, historically, in its development based on the remarkable achievements in the social sectors. This is reflected in the highest levels of literacy and…