WOMENS HEALTH-CARE CENTERS - MULTIPLE DEFINITIONS

Feminist health and holistic health movements predate and contribute t o the current changes in women's health care. Recently, there has been a rivitalization of women's health centers reflecting three approache s to women's health: (1) centers with an exclusive focus on one health problem, e.g., breast cancer, chemical dependency (2) centers with a predominantly reproductive focus, and (3) centers with a holistic/femi nist health care focus. Based on an exploratory survey of women's cent ers in a large city, this paper identifies differences among them and discusses the potential for misguidance that may occur with the curren t increase in women's health centers. It also discusses the implicatio ns of this growth for social work education and clinical practice.