From women's health to gender mainstreaming and back again: Linking feminist agendas and new governance in healthcare

Current Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kuhlmann, Ellen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminist theories; Gender mainstreaming; Health reform; New governance; Women's health movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749098810     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108099160     Document Type: Article

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