REVIEWS | AUTHOR BIO | SUBJECT CATEGORIESThe Regulation of SexualityExperiences of Family Planning WorkersSearch the full text of this bookCarole Joffe
Reviews"The author convincingly argues that the Federal Government, the feminist movement and the New Right fail to adequately address the often wrenching conflicts faced daily by birth control and abortion workers. [These conflicts] have spurred many family planning workers to construct and implement a wholly unauthorized vision of family planning policy, one that melds pure ideology with the complicated truths of individuals’ social and sexual lives.... [Joffe] makes a cogent and finely nuanced case for the wisdom-indeed, the necessity- of this vision."
"A psychosocial presentation at its best, the book probes and illuminates the workers’ whole environment, documenting their need for status and engagement to offset meager pay and enervating routine and their need to balance sexual liberalism with concern for immature, vulnerable women. A valuable resource that clarifies human service programs as a whole."
"A wonderfully alive and readable ethnographic study."
About the Author(s)Carole Joffe is a Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College. Subject CategoriesWomen's Studies
In the seriesHealth, Society, and Policy, edited by Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola. No longer active. Health, Society and Policy, edited by Sheryl Ruzek and Irving Kenneth Zola, takes a critical stance with regard to health policy and medical practice, ranging broadly in subject matter. Backlist titles include books on the legal and professional status of midwifery, the experience and regulation of kidney transplants, the evolution of federal law on architectural access, and a political/ethical argument for making the community responsible for universal access to health care. |