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Women's health care : a comprehensive handbook / edited by Catherine Ingram Fogel, Nancy Fugate Woods.

Title: Women's health care : a comprehensive handbook / edited by Catherine Ingram Fogel, Nancy Fugate Woods.
Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1995], ©1995.

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xiv, 744 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

In the final section, the authors consider several common health concerns that are specific to women. Essential reading for practicing nurses and advanced students in nursing, public health, and gender studies interested in women's health issues, Women's Health Care provides an encompassing study of this crucial area.
Opening with the presentation of vital demographics, the editors structure their initial exploration within specific age groups. The second section focuses on women's experiences as recipients of nursing care, both receiving treatment and seeking preventive care. The next section addresses the promotion of women's health in terms of current theory and research, including such topics as nutrition, exercise, and fertility control.
The tremendous forces of political and social change experienced by women in the 1980s have altered their perceptions, expectations - and demands. In the medical arena, this has meant the advancement of a more proactive role for women in the choice and direction of their individual health care. Documenting the shift toward increased personal responsibility, Women's Health Care analyzes myriad women's health issues in a sociological context.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Women and Their Health / Nancy Fugate Woods -- 2. Women as Health Care Providers / Carol J. Leppa -- 3. Women's Bodies / Nancy Fugate Woods -- 4. Young Women's Health / Nancy Fugate Woods -- 5. Midlife Women's Health / Catherine Ingram Fogel and Nancy Fugate Woods -- 6. Older Women's Health / Margaret Dimond -- 7. Women and Health Care / Debbie Ward -- 8. Frameworks for Nursing Practice With Women / Nancy Fugate Woods -- 9. Well-Woman Assessment / Linda Wheeler -- 10. Lesbian Health Care / Sharon Deevey -- 11. Health Protection and Health Promotion for Women / Ellen Sullivan Mitchell -- 12. Nutrition / Bonnie Worthington-Roberts -- 13. Exercise / Cheryl A. Cahill -- 14. Fertility Control / Joellen Hawkins, Peggy S. Matteson and Eleanor Smith Tabeek -- 15. Mental Health / Anne Hopkins Fishel -- 16. Women in the Workplace / Bonnie Rogers -- 17. Choices in Childbearing / Kathryn Rhodes Alden and Betty Glenn Harris -- 18. Violence Against Women / Jacquelyn C. Campbell and Karen Landenburger.
19. High-Risk Childbearing / Catherine Ingram Fogel and Lynne Porter Lewallen -- 20. Unwanted Pregnancy / Dona J. Lethbridge -- 21. Sexuality in Women's Lives / Linda A. Bernhard -- 22. Drug Abuse Problems Among Women / Christine Vourakis -- 23. Common Symptoms: Bleeding, Pain, and Discharge / Catherine Ingram Fogel -- 24. Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Catherine Ingram Fogel -- 25. Infertility / Catherine Garner -- 26. Reproductive Surgery / Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk -- 27. Chronic Illnesses and Women / Janet Primomo -- 28. Problems of the Breast / Barbara Nettles-Carlson -- 29. Out of Eden: Philosophical Perspectives on Reproductive Technology / Margarete Sandelowski.

ISBN

0803970226 (alk. paper)
0803970234 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

94036836

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Columbia University Libraries