Womens Health: Contemporary International Perspectives

Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground–breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women′s health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide–ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as:

anorexia nervosa
menstruation
sexual abuse
breast cancer
sexual violence
drug abuse
menopause
self–harm
sexual health
harassment
contraception
disability
women with HIV
screening
abortion
pregnancy
motherhood
exercise
transgender issues
eating disorders
stress in the workplace
dementia
body image
depression
Drawing on contributions from the UK, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Eire and Canada, Women′s Health aims to be a source book for information, to provoke debate and to assert the importance of ′the woman question′ in considerations of health. This authoritative and extensive collection represents a major contribution to contemporary developments in the field of women′s health.

Spis treści:
List of contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. An Overview of Critical Issues in Women′s Health.
3. Young Women′s Health.
4. Sexuality and Sexual Health.
5. Physical Health and Illness.
6. Reproductive Health.
7. Bodies and Body Image.
8. Mental Health.
9. The Health of Older Women.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
The editor, Jane Ussher is Associate Professor at the Centre for Critical Psychology at the University of W estern Sydney, Australia, and has published widely in the field of the Psychology of Women. She was a member of the group that founded the Psychology of Women Section of The British Psychological Society, acting as its honorary secretary from 1988–1991, and chair from 1991–1992. She is also editor of the Routledge Women and Psychology series. Her previous publications include The Psychology of the Female Body (Routledge, 1989), Women′s Madness: Misogyny or Mental Illness (Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991) and Fantasies of Femininity: Reframing the Boundaries of Sex (Penguin, 1997).

Okładka tylna:
Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground–breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women′s health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide–ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as:

anorexia nervosa
menstruation
sexual abuse
breast cancer
sexual violence
drug abuse
menopause
self–harm
sexual health
harassment
contraception
disability
women with HIV
screening
abortion
pregnancy
motherhood
exercise
transgender issues
eating disorders
stress in the workplace
dementia
body image
depression
Drawing on contributions from the UK, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Eire and Canada, Women′s Health aims to be a source book for information, to provoke debate and to assert the importance of ′the woman question′ in considerations of health. This authoritative and extensive collection represents a major contribution to contemporary developments in the field of women′s health.