title: The women's health movement.
abstract: This article provides a brief overview of the history, current status, and future directions of the Women's Health Movement. The links between feminism and women's health issues are drawn and reasons for their simultaneous occurrence are suggested. It is shown that health issues are seen by the Movement has suspended in the larger social context from which they arise.
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D003256:Community Participation; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003255:Consumer Organizations / Q000266:history; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011057:Politics; D014481:United States; D014930:Women