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9780192620682

Health Care for Older Women

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  • ISBN13:

    9780192620682

  • ISBN10:

    0192620681

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-03-12
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book covers current controversies in women's health care in a broad, interdisciplinary way. Topics range from the controversies in breast and cervical cancer screening, through osteoporosis and menopause, to the relationships of older women with their doctors. This guide provides a well-rounded overview of health care for older women, each chapter including issues of current debate. This book is suitable both for students new to the area, and for specialists wishing to learn more about the work of other experts. It is also a useful source of intelligent and detailed information for family practitioners on the provision of women's health care from a primary care perspective.

Table of Contents

Women and Aging: Demographic Aspects
Informal Care and Community Care
Everyday Life in Institutional Care
Gynecology in Older Women
Controversies in Screening for Breast and Cervical Cancer
Incontinence and the Older Woman
The Menopause
Osteoporosis
Women, Sex, and Aging
Older Widows and Couples in Contemporary Society
Depressed Mood in Older Women
Elder Abuse
Health of the Elderly Asian Women
The Relationship of Elderly Women to Their Doctors
Pre-retirement Education and the Role of the GP
"Everyone Wants to Go to Heaven, But No One Wants to Die," Screening Women Over 75: A Health Promotion Approach
Excercise and Older Women
Successful Aging: The Product of Biological Factors, Environmental Quality, and Behavioral Competence
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