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Where Women Have No Doctor
A health guide for women
Authors: A. August Burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
Editor: Sandy Niemann
Assistant editor: Elena Metcalf
Editor for 2nd edition: Dani Behonick
Hesperian Health Guides, Oakland, California, USA
Published by:
Hesperian Health Guides
2860 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609 • USA
[email protected] • www.hesperian.org
Copyright © 1997, 2023 by Hesperian
First edition: June 1997; Second edition: April 2023
Eleventh printing: June 2024
ISBN: 978-0-942364-25-5
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This book was printed by EPAC, San Leandro, California, USA.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Library of Congress has already cataloged the 10-digit ISBN as follows: Where women have no doctor : a health guide for women / by A. August Burns ... [et al.] ; edited bySandy Niemann, assistant editor, Elena Metcalf.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-942364-25-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Women--Health and hygiene. 2. Women’s health services. 3. Community health aides. August (Arlene August), 1952– . II. Niemann, Sandy. |
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RA564.85.W46 1997 | 97-19421 |
613’.04244--dc21 | CIP |
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