Description
Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground-breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women's health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide-ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as: anorexia nervosa menstruation sexual abuse breast cancer sexual violence drug abuse menopause self-harm sexual health harassment contraception disability women with HIV screening abortion pregnancy motherhood exercise transgender issues eating disorders stress in the workplace dementia body image depression Drawing on contributions from the UK, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Eire and Canada, "Women's Health" aims to be a source book for information, to provoke debate and to assert the importance of 'the woman question' in considerations of health. This authoritative and extensive collection represents a major contribution to contemporary developments in the field of women's health.
