| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 656 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Women's health in context -- Historical roots of women's healthcare / Heather Munro Prescott and Wendy Kline -- Retheorizing women's health through intersectionality's prism / Lisa Bowleg -- Employment and women's health / Nancy L. Marshall -- Effects of intimate partner violence against women / Kathy McCloskey and Deidre Hussey -- Well-being and health challenges -- Alcohol use in women / Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm ... [et al.] -- Women and smoking / Bradley N. Collins and Uma S. Nair -- Obesity in women / Michael R. Lowe, Meghan L. Butryn, and Alice V. Ely -- Eating and weight-related disorders / Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz ... [et al.] -- Cosmetic medical procedures and body adornment / Canice E. Crerand ... [et al.] -- Women's sleep throughout the lifespan / Jacqueline D. Kloss and Christina O. Nash -- Promotion of physical activity for women's health / Dori Pekmezi ... [et al.] -- Reproductive health -- Women's sexual health / Patricia J. Morokoff and maggie L. Gorraiz -- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder / Simon N. Vigod and Meir Steiner -- The stress of infertility / Lauren B. Prince and Alice D. Domar -- The psychology of agency in childbearing / Pamela A. Geller, Alexandra R. Nelson, and Efrat Eichenbaum -- Psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy / Danielle M. Novick and Heather A. Flynn -- Breastfeeding and maternal mental and physical health / Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Chris Dunkel Schetter, and Martie Haselton -- Rethinking menopause / Paula S. Derry and Heather E. Dillaway -- Disability and chronic conditions -- Women's responses to disability / Rhoda Olkin -- The experience of cancer in women / Annette L. Stanton and Betina Yanez -- The psychology of irritable bowel syndrome / Sarah K. Ballou and Laurie Keefer -- Stress and resilience in women with rheumatic disease / Sharon Danoff-Burg -- Neurological disorders in women / M. Meredith Gillis, Kara R. Douglas-Newman, and Mary V. Spiers -- Converging issues in heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease in women / Mary V. Spiers. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed February 11, 2013). |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Psychological aspects.
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| Added Author |
Spiers, Mary, editor of compilation.
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Geller, Pamela A., editor of compilation.
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Kloss, Jacqueline D., 1970- editor of compilation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Women's health psychology 9780470890660 (DLC) 2012032035 |
| ISBN |
9781118418192 electronic bk |
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1118418190 electronic bk |
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