Women's Health Psychology |
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| Editor:
| Spiers, Mary V.
Geller, Pamela A.
Kloss, Jacqueline D. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-118-41551-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Women's Health Psychology is the first comprehensive collection ever published to consider the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women. It provides current, expert advice to help policy makers, researchers, and clinicians make the best decisions concerning topics including:
- The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare, employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate...
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Women's Health Psychology is the first comprehensive collection ever published to consider the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women. It provides current, expert advice to help policy makers, researchers, and clinicians make the best decisions concerning topics including:
- The Context of Women's Health: history of women's healthcare, employment and women's health, and the effects of intimate partner violence
- Health Challenges: smoking, alcohol, eating disorders, and sleep
- Reproductive Health: premenstrual dysphoric disorder, the stress of infertility, psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy, and menopause
- Disability and Chronic Conditions: women's responses to disability, experiencing cancer, the psychology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and rheumatic, heart, and Alzheimer's diseases