Kirkham Mavis (ed.) Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health

Routledge, 2006. — 297 p. — ISBN: 0415383250.In this book, a team of international contributors examine bodies, leakage and boundaries, illuminating the contradictions and dilemmas in women's healthcare.
Using the concept of pollution, this book highlights how women and health issues are categorised, and health workers and women are confined to roles and places defined as socially appropriate. The book explores in-depth current and historical practices, such as:
childbirth and midwifery practice
policies and social practices around breastfeeding
gynaecological nursing, female incontinence and sexually transmitted infections
miscarriages and termination of pregnancy.