Explores why health care is a woman's issue and seeks to address gender equity in health services. In twelve concise chapters, Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada addresses a wide range of issues, including obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance.

Introduction - Pat ArmstrongChapter 1: Theory and Methods for Thinking Women - Beth Jackson Chapter 2: Primary Health Care for Women in Canada - Ann Pederson and Anna LiwanderChapter 3: Assembling the Evidence for Thinking Women - Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, and Morgan SeeleyChapter 4: Maternity Care, Margaret Haworth-Brockman - Barbara Clow, and Rachel Rapaport BeckChapter 5: Women, Aging, and Residential Long-Term Care - Morgan SeeleyChapter 6: Caring at Home in Canada - Barbara Clow and Kristi KempChapter 7: Women's Work in Health Care - Pat ArmstrongChapter 8: The Mental Health of Women Health Care Workers - Pat ArmstrongChapter 9: Woman-Defined Quality Care - Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Barbara Clow, Karen R. Grant, Nancy Guberman, Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, and Kay WillsonChapter 10: Women and Private Health Insurance - Alison Jenkins Jayman and Kay WillsonChapter 11: Overweight, Obesity, and Health Care - Karen R. GrantChapter 12: An Unfinished Revolution - Pat ArmstrongAppendix: The Charlottetown Declaration on the Right to CareIndex