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Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Physician & Patient, Women's Health - General & Miscellaneous, Medical Sociology, Health Care Delivery, Women's Health, Reproductive & Body Issues, Coping & Healing, Clinical Psychology -

Health care for women

by Sheryle J. Gallant, Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, Rene ÌŒroyak-Schaler
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Overview

Information about women's health care has for too long been extrapolated from research on men. This volume brings together psychologists and physicians to explore the psychosocial and behavioral factors most pertinent to women's health care, providing health care practitioners with interventions that encourage health promotion and disease prevention for women.

Describes impact of violence, alcohol problems, obesity, occupational stress, aging, HIV infection, headache, etc.

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Presents 25 papers from the May 1994 American Psychological Association conference that cover the major psychosocial and behavioral determinants of chronic disease and disability among women. The contributors provide physicians, psychologists, nurses, medical social workers, educators, and students with research findings and practical applications concerning lifestyle factors in women's lives that are most pertinent to health care and disease prevention. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Book Details

Published
June 30, 1997
Publisher
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1997.
Pages
439
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781557984227

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