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Article: Supporting informed health care decisions: the network's role.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Activist
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
- Author:
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The National Women's Health Network was founded in 1975 to give women a greater voice in the health care system by advocating for sound policies that positively affect women's health. Helping individual women make decisions about their health wasn't one of the Network's initial missions. The huge need for this service quickly became apparent, however, as women approached the Network with questions on the health issues they faced. The commitment to help women make informed decisions is now an important part of our mission statement.
In response to this need, our first Board members began gathering all the feminist health information they could find, keeping the ...