Health of Women A Global Perspective

About this book

Comprehensive review of the many factors that affect women's health.

Contents

Foreword; (Eliot T. Putnam, Jr., Janet Gottschalk, and Linda Vogel. ); Introduction; (Peggy Curlin and Anne Tinker. ); Womens Health: The Price of Poverty; (Jodi L. Jacobson. ); Mother and More: A Broader Perspective on Womens Health; (Marge Koblinsky, Oona M.R. Campbell, and Siobn D. Harlow. ); Womens Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Social and Biological Vulnerabilities; (Kathleen M. Merchant and Kathleen M. Kurz. ); Infection: Social and Medical Realities; (Jeanne McDermott, Maggie Bangser, Elizabeth Ngugi, and Irene Sandvold. ); Family Planning: A Base to Build on for Womens Reproductive Health Services; (Andrea Eschen and Maxine Whittaker. ); Abortion; (Francine M. Coeytaux, Ann H. Leonard, and Carolyn M. Bloomer. ); Womens Mortality: A Legacy of Neglect; (Lynn P. Freedman and Deborah Maine. ); Violence Against Women: The Missing Agenda; (Lori Heise. ); Womens Mental Health: A Global Perspective; (Freda L. Paltiel. ); Access to Care: More Than a Problem of Distance; (Judith Timyan, Susan J. Griffey Brechin, Diana M. Measham, and Bisi Ogunleye. ); Quality of Care: A Neglected Dimension; (Barbara Mensch. ); Health Womens Way: Learning to Listen; (Susan Brems and Marcia Griffiths.)

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