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Overviews women's health from historical, epidemiological, sociocultural, and clinical perspectives....
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Overviews women's health from historical, epidemiological, sociocultural, and clinical perspectives. After an introductory section, sections cover lifestyle and social, personal and sexual, and lifespan dimensions of women's health. Learning features include discussion questions, boxes on taking responsibility for health, Internet exercises, and profiles of leaders in women's health. This second edition contains new chapters on occupational health, the developmental life span of women, and mental health. Three chapters on substance abuse are now combined into one chapter. Alexander is president and CEO of The American Social Health Association. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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