Is the 'war on drugs' a gendered war? Is the use of recreational drugs a version of liberation for women? How do the policies of the pharmaceutical companies affect the lives of women worldwide? Are the practices and paradigms of the drug industry still based on male norms? Do medical interventions in fertility and menopause improve or damage women's health and well-being?
This issue brings together the work of feminist scientists, activists, artists and medical professionals in order to shed light on the role of both prescription and illegal/'recreational' drugs in women's lives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Editorial Drugs; Emily Banks, Lyn Thomas, Nirmal Puwar, Vicki Bertram
THEMED ARTICLES
From Dogs' Testicles to Mares' Urine: the origins and contemporary use of hormonal therapy for the menopause; Emily Banks
Pharmacopoeia; Liz Lee and Susie Freeman
'First in man': the politics and ethics of women in clinical drug trials; Oonagh Corrigan
Dope for Dying; Jo Stanley
'Vials, Ampoules and a Bucketful of Syringes': the experience of the self-administration of hormonal drugs in IVF; Karen Throsby
Freighter; Fiona Benson
DIALOGUE SECTION
Sex working Injection Drug Users: the silent junkies?; Andrea Efthimiou-Mordaunt
Patent Rights Versus Patient Rights: intellectual property, the behaviour of pharmaceutical companies and access to treatment in sub-Saharan Africa; Johanna Hanefeld
NON-THEMED ARTICLES
Visibly Pregnant: Toward a Placental Body; Jane-Maree Maher
'It's Easier that You're a Girl and that You're Asian': interactions of race and gender between researchers and participants; Louise Archer
BOOK REVIEWS
New Frontiers of Space, Bodies and Gender; Sadhana Soborun
Policing Sexual Assault; Margaret Greenfields
Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900-1960: A feminine culture; Rosemary Auchmuty
