Women's Health Care
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Overview
This comprehensive handbook will provide nurses and other health-care professionals with a major new resource on women's health issues
The handbook opens with a presentation of vital demographics, examining women's health within specific age groups.
Next, the contributors deal with nursing and health-care practice, beginning with an examination of women's experiences as recipients of health care, and then moving on to establish frameworks for the practice and assessment of the healthy woman.
Chapters on health-care promotion for women address such topics as nutrition, exercise and fertility control in terms of current theory and research.
The handbook ends with an examinati
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Editorials
Reviewer: Marianne H. Hutti, DNS, RNC, OGNP(University of Louisville School of Nursing)
Description: This new book, written from a feminine perspective, contains an overview of topics and issues that influence women's health.
Purpose: It is a valuable and unique reference. Its purpose is to inform nurses about the complex nature of women's health. It addresses common health problems of women and examines the effect of context and gender on women's health and use of healthcare services.
Audience: This book is intended to be used by nurses, graduate and undergraduate nursing students, clinical specialists, and nurse practitioners who care for women.
Features: It is a large, softbound book that is adequately illustrated and contains several excellent tables and diagrams. The table of contents and index are adequate and easy to use. The book contains several chapters/topics not usually found in women's health books, including women as healthcare providers, women and healthcare, feminist frameworks for practice as well as growth and development, lesbian health care, nutrition, exercise, mental health, women in the work place, unwanted pregnancy, sexuality, drug abuse, and philosophical perspectives on reproductive technology.
Assessment: This book is an excellent resource for registered and advanced practice nurses and students who care for women. It is well worth purchasing and contains much practical information that can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems. In addition, the theoretical frameworks, feminist perspective, and holistic approach to examining women's health and healthcare is unique and provides important connections between women's lives and their health concerns.
Marianne H. Hutti
This new book, written from a feminine perspective, contains an overview of topics and issues that influence women's health. It is a valuable and unique reference. Its purpose is to inform nurses about the complex nature of women's health. It addresses common health problems of women and examines the effect of context and gender on women's health and use of healthcare services. This book is intended to be used by nurses, graduate and undergraduate nursing students, clinical specialists, and nurse practitioners who care for women. It is a large, softbound book that is adequately illustrated and contains several excellent tables and diagrams. The table of contents and index are adequate and easy to use. The book contains several chapters/topics not usually found in women's health books, including women as healthcare providers, women and healthcare, feminist frameworks for practice as well as growth and development, lesbian health care, nutrition, exercise, mental health, women in the work place, unwanted pregnancy, sexuality, drug abuse, and philosophical perspectives on reproductive technology. This book is an excellent resource for registered and advanced practice nurses and students who care for women. It is well worth purchasing and contains much practical information that can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems. In addition, the theoretical frameworks, feminist perspective, and holistic approach to examining women's health and healthcare is unique and provides important connections between women's lives and their health concerns.5 Stars! from Doody