Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fogel, Catherine Ingram, 1941-
• Woods, Nancy Fugate.

Description

xiv, 744 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• 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. 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. 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.

Subject

• Women > Health and hygiene
• Women's health services > Social aspects
• Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects
• Women's health services
• Women's Health
• Women's Health Services
• Women's health services
• Women > Health and hygiene
• Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects
• Women's health services > Social aspects
• Frau
• Gesundheit
• Gesundheitsfürsorge
• Gezondheid
• Vrouwen
• Gezondheidszorg

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Women and their health / Nancy Fugate Woods -- Women as health care providers / Carol J. Leppa -- Women's bodies ; Young women's health / Nancy Fugate Woods -- Midlife women's health / Catherine Ingram Fogel, Nancy Fugate Woods -- Older women's health / Margaret Dimond -- Women and health care / Debbie Ward -- Frameworks for nursing practice with women / Nancy Fugate Woods -- Well-woman assessment / Linda Wheeler -- Lesbian health care / Sharon Deevey -- Health protection and health promotion for women / Ellen Sullivan Mitchell -- Nutrition / Bonnie Worthington-Roberts -- Exercise / Cheryl A. Cahill -- Fertility control / Joellen Hawkins, Peggy S. Matteson, Eleanor Smith Tabeek -- Mental health / Anne Hopkins Fishel -- Women in the workplace / Bonnie Rogers -- Choices in childbearing / Kathryn Rhodes Alden, Betty Glenn Harris -- Violence against women / Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Kären Landenburger -- High-risk childbearing / Catherine Ingram Fogel, Lynne Porter Lewallen -- Unwanted pregnancy / Dona J. Lethbridge -- Sexuality in women's lives / Linda A. Bernhard -- Drug abuse problems among women / Christine Vourakis -- Common symptoms : bleeding, pain, and discharge ; Sexually transmitted diseases / Catherine Ingram Fogel -- Infertility / Catherine Garner -- Reproductive surgery / Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk -- Chronic illnesses and women / Janet Primomo -- Problems of the breast / Barbara Nettles-Carlson -- Out of Eden : philosophical perspectives on reproductive technology / Margarete Sandelowski.

ISBN

• 0803970226
• 9780803970229
• 0803970234
• 9780803970236

LCCN

94036836

OCLC

• ocm31243236
• 31243236
• SCSB-2054652

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library