DescriptionThis book offers a research-based account of the prevalent attitudes towards female healthcare practitioners in Pakistan.Seeking to explore the plight of female healthcare practitioners in the country, Sara Rizvi Jafree’s Women, Healthcare, and Violence in Pakistan is an examination of the South Asian cultural approach towards the traditional and historical working woman, particularly the healthcare professional. The book describes the laws that protect or harm such women in the workplace, and the real perils of physical and verbal harassment that they face during their service.Imbued with deep insights into the role of women in Islam, their socialization and the threats to healthcare professionals like nurses, doctors, and lady health workers, this book presents anecdotes based on ethnographic research and factual knowledge which makes it an impressive resource for understanding this social issue. Exploring the perpetration of brutality through victims’ testimonies, the author successfully paints a panorama on the theme of workplace cruelty, an important factor in the current discourse in Pakistan on this issue.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionThe Women Healthcare Profession in a Patriarchal WorldDefinitions and Types of Workplace ViolenceWorkplace Violence: A Global PredicamentWorkplace Violence: The Existing Scholarship from PakistanMedia ReportsLegal Status for Working WomenConclusionTheories of Workplace ViolencePerpetrator TheoriesStructural TheoriesVictim TheoriesViolence and the Link to Patient SafetyConclusionQuantitative Evidence of Workplace ViolenceTypes of Women Healthcare Practitioners in PakistanThe Condition of Public Hospitals in PakistanFindingsConclusionVoiced Experiences of the Workplace: Learning by ListeningCulture and PatriarchyGovernance and StructureConclusionWomen Practitioners in Support of Cyclical ViolenceForced Professions and Conflict amongst Women PractitionersAccepting Violence and Owning PerpetratorsThe Hidden PactCoping Strategies against ViolenceConclusionThe Perpetrators’ Silent AlliesGuilt and Blame-shiftingAdministrative LegaciesSecond-class ProfessionalsConclusionWomen Practitioners Matter: Contesting Patriarchy for Care-ProvidersThe Question of Women Practitioners’ RightsPolicy DirectionConclusionBibliographyIndexAuthor DescriptionSara Rizvi Jafree, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Forman Christian College (FCC), LahoreSara Rizvi Jafree is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore. She has published multiple articles concerning women and healthcare in Pakistan including ‘Ethical violations in the clinical setting: The hidden curriculum learning experience of Pakistani nurses’ and ‘Maternal employment in Pakistan: Socio-demographic shortfalls and association with birth weight’.