Health Psychology of Women

ISBN-13: 9783718653362 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 214 str.

Niven;Niven

Opis

This text explores the anatomical and socioeconomic differences which predispose many women to some disorders while protecting them from others. Subjects covered include women and pain, reproductive decisions, medical screeing, the relationship between social circumstances and health and the resilience of women, from which we still have much to learn. The book is a response to the tendency in health psychology to explore the behaviour of half the population in order to draw conclusions about the experience of the whole and, as such, should be of interest to those concerned with the psychology of health.

Spis treści

Gender, health and stress, Douglas Carroll and Catherine A. Niven; women, mood and the menstrual cycle, Cynthia Graham and John Bancroft; reproductive issues - decisions and distress, Marie Johnston; women and the experience of pain, Karel Gijsbers and Catherine A. Niven; cardiovascular health and disease in women, Kathleen A. Light and Susan S. Girdler; cancer, Barbara L. Anderson; women and HIV/AIDS - challenging a growing threat, Michele Goldschmidt, et al; women, food and body image, Vivien J. Lewis and Alan J. Blair; women and depression, Raymond Cochrane; medical screening for women, Gillian McIIwaine; contraception, Elizabeth Alder; gender, social circumstances and health, Douglas Carroll, et al.

O autorze

Catherine Niven, Doug Carroll