Title Encyclopedia of women's health / edited by Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic ; core editors, Keith B. Armitage [and others]

Published New York : Springer, 2004 ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 710 pages) : illustrations, digital, HTML Contents History of Women's Health in the United States / Siran M. Koroukian -- Disparities in Women's Health and Health Care / Sana Loue, Nancy Mendez -- Women in the Health Professions / Martha Sajatovic, Susan Hatters-Friedman, and Isabel Schuermeyer -- Women in the Workforce / Lorann Stallones -- Women in Health: Advocates, Reformers, and Pioneers / Sana Loue -- Abdominal Pain / Sapna Thomas, Margaret F. Kinnard -- Abortion / Habibeh Gitiforooz -- Access to Health Care / Beth E. Quill -- Acculturation / Maria Cecilia Zea -- Acne / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) / Daniel P. O'Shea -- Activities of Daily Living / Evanne Juratovac -- Acupuncture / Douglas Flagg -- Acute Myocardial Infarction / Jason H. Cole, Nanette K. Wenger -- Addiction / Ted Parran -- Addiction Ethics / Cynthia M.A. Geppert, Michael Bogenschutz -- Adolescence / Geri Donenberg -- Adoption / Victor Groza, Lindsey Houlihan -- Adultery / Sheila Simon -- Advance Directives / Marshall Kapp -- Affirmative Action / Elizabeth Valencia -- African American / Anne Simpson -- Ageism / Teresa Trogdon Anderson -- Agoraphobia / Virginia E. Ayres -- Agricultural Work / Lorann Stallones -- Alcohol Use / L.A. Rebhun, Yasmina Katsulis -- Alpha-Fetoprotein Screening / N.K. Yeaney -- Alzheimer's Disease / Stephen G. Post -- Americans with Disabilities Act / Janet Lowder, Charles Grover -- Anorexia Nervosa / Kathleen Franco, Rashmi Deshmukh -- Anxiety Disorders / Virginia E. Ayres -- Arthritis / Marie Kuchynski -- Asian and Pacific Islander / Dora L. Wang -- Assisted Living / Evanne Juratovac -- Asthma / Rachel Lange, Marilyn Glassberg -- Autoimmune Disorders / Lori Siegel -- Back Pain / Jennifer S. Kriegler -- Bereavement / Paula Hensley, Paula Clayton -- Binge Eating Disorder / Kathleen Franco, Rashmi Deshmukh -- Bipolar Disorder / Martha Sajatovic, Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Birth Control / Nancy Myers-Bradley, -- Blackwell, Elizabeth / Tambra K. Cain -- Body Image / Kathleen Franco, Mohammed Alishahie, David Bronson -- Body Mass Index / Deborah Rosch Eifert -- Breast Augmentation / Janet Blanchard -- Breast Cancer / David Faddis -- Breast Examination / Susan Kirsh -- Breast Lumps / David Joseph Lourié -- Breast Reconstruction / Janet Blanchard -- Breast Reduction / Janet Blanchard -- Breast-Feeding / Karin Small Wurapa -- Bulimia Nervosa / Kathleen Franco, Rashmi Deshmukh -- Byrne, Ethel / Polly Hampton -- Calcium / Chad Deal -- Cancer / Tahereh Moradi -- Cancer Screening / Kathleen Wolner -- Capacity / Janet Lowder, Sandra J. Buzney -- Cardiovascular Disease / Dan Sorescu, Nanette K. Wenger -- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Marie Haring Sweeney -- Cataract / Kathleen Lamping -- Cervical Cancer / Anne O'Meara -- Cesarean Section / Bryan Jick -- Charismatic Healers / Stephannie Cabrera -- Chemical Dependency / Ted Parran -- Chest Pain / Kamala Tamirisa, Claire Duvernoy -- Child Abuse / Denise Bothe, Karen Olness -- Child Care / Deanna Dahl-Grove -- Child Custody / Sheila Simon -- Chiropractic Care / Bruce Hartsel -- Chiropractors / Bruce Hartsel -- Chlamydia / Karen Ashby -- Cholesterol / Asra Kermani -- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Gina Bell, Lori B. Siegel -- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / S. Franco, M. Glassberg -- Chronic Pain / Jennifer S. Kriegler -- Clinical Trials / Donna T. Chen -- Club Drugs / Jill Adair McCaughan -- Cocaine / Ted Parran. Jr. -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Debra Hrouda -- Cohabitation / Sheila Simon -- Colorectal Cancer / Kathleen Wolner -- Colposcopy / Margaret L. McKenzie -- Comfort Women / Tambra K. Cain -- Complementary and Alternative Heath Practices / Adam I. Perlman -- Comstock Laws / Tambra K. Cain -- Condoms / Christina M. Camp, Gina M. Wingood -- Confidentiality / Marshall B. Kapp -- Congestive Heart Failure / Kamala Tamirisa, Claire Duvernoy -- Conservatorship / Marshall B. Kapp -- Constipation / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Cori, Gerty MD / Brandy Glasser -- Coronary Artery Disease / Kamala Tamirisa, Claire Duvernoy -- Coronary Risk Factors / George M. Soliman, Nanette K. Wenger -- Cosmetic Surgery / Janet Blanchard -- Couples Therapy / Phyllis Hulewat -- Crystal Methamphetamine / Paul Draus -- Curanderos / Stephannie Cabrera -- Curie, Marie / Paula L. Hensley -- Day Care / Sheila Simon -- de Beauvoir, Simone / Tambra K. Cain -- Dementia / Helen C. Kales, Karyn S. Schoem, Susan M. Maixner -- Depression / Miriam B. Rosenthal -- Dermatitis / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Diabetes / Asra Kermani -- Diaphragm / Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Diet / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Diethylstilbesterol / Polly Hampton, Judith Hahn -- Dilation and Curettage / Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Disability / Janet L. Lowder, Mary B. McKee -- Discrimination / Roberto Hernandez -- Dissociative Identity Disorder / Gretchen K. Gardner -- Divorce / Sheila Simon -- Divorce Mediation / Phyllis Hulewat -- Domestic Partnership / Sheila Simon -- Domestic Violence / Corinne Peek-Asa -- Douching / Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Dowry / Nathan A. Craig -- Drugs / Durable Power of Attorney for -- Health Care / Marshall Kapp -- Dysmenorrhea / Diane Young -- Dyspareunia / Keith A. Frey -- Dysthymia / Miriam B. Rosenthal Eating Disorders / Kathleen Franco, Rashmi Deshmukh -- Ectopic Pregnancy / Diane Young -- Edema / W. Lance Lewis, Nanette Kass Wenger -- Education / Gail E. Souare -- Endometrial Polyps / Linda Bradley -- Endometriosis / Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, Tommaso Falcone -- Energy Healing / Mary M. Duennes -- Environment / Natalie Colabianchi -- Episiotomy / Keith A. Frey -- Equal Rights Amendment / Roberto Hernandez -- Ethnicity / Teddy Warner -- Exercise / Mary Anthony -- Falls Prevention / Evanne Juratovac -- Fecundity / Tommaso Falcone, Rakesh Sharma -- Female Genital Mutilation / Gail Souare -- Femininity / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Feminism / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Feminist Ethics / Sana Loue -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Christina M. Delos Reyes -- Fetish / David Vidra, Sana Loue -- Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Karen Ashby -- Fibromyalgia / Mary C. Shemo -- Foot Care / Mara Meza -- Galactorrhea / Keith A. Frey -- Gallbladder Disease / Debra J. Graham -- Gangs / Patricia M. Henry -- Gender / Antonia Abbey, Christopher Saenz, Michele Parkhill, Lenwood W. Hayman, Jr. -- Gender Role / Kristi Y. Jordan -- Genetic Counseling / Anne Matthews -- Genital Development / C. Barve, Geri Donenberg -- Giant Cell Arteritis / Carmen Gota -- Gonorrhea / Karen Ashby -- Greer, Germaine / Tambra K. Cain -- Guardianship / Janet Lowder, Carmen M. Verhosek -- Hair Care / Linda Agresta Sprinzl -- Hair Loss / Paradi Mirmirani -- Hair Removal / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Harm Reduction / Linda S. Lloyd -- Headache / Marc D. Winkelman -- Healers / Joan D. Koss-Chioino -- Health Insurance / Siran M. Koroukian -- Health Maintenance Organizations / Siran M. Koroukian -- Heartburn / Ashley Faulx -- Hemorrhoids / Ashley Faulx -- Hepatitis / Robert S. O'Shea -- Hermaphroditism / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Heroin / Robert G. Carlson -- Herpes Simplex Virus / Keith B. Armitage -- Homelessness / Barbara Fisher -- Homeopathy / Alicia M. Weissman -- Homicide / Corinne Peek-Asa -- Homosexuality / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Hormone Replacement Therapy / Lorna A. Marshall -- Hospice / Stephen G. Post -- Human Papilloma Virus / James Carter -- Hypertension / Sonya L. Lefever, Nanette K. Wenger -- Hypochondriasis / Virginia E. Ayres -- Hysterectomy / Bryan Jick -- Hysteria / Roberto Hernandez -- Idiopathic Environmental Intolerances / Laurie G. Broutman, Lori B. Siegel -- Immigrant Health / Sana Loue -- Immunization / Keith B. Armitage -- Incest / Sharon Abegg -- Infertility / Tommaso Falcone, Rakesh Sharma -- Informed Consent / Laura B. Dunn, Laura Weiss Roberts -- Inhalant Abuse / Raminta Daniulaityte -- Inheritance / Janet L. Lowder, Deborah S. Rossman -- Injection Drug Use / Robert G. Carlson -- Insomnia / Philip L. Dines -- Intersexuality / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Intrauterine Device / Ruth Monchek -- Iron Supplementation / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Margaret F. Kinnard -- Jacobi, Mary Putnam / Nancy Mendez -- Kegel Exercises / Susan Wiedaseck -- Keloids / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Kleptomania / Nancy Morrison -- Labor and Delivery / Janet M. Burlingame -- Lactation / Ginette Lange -- Laparoscopy / Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, Tommaso Falcone -- Latinos / Elizabeth Valencia -- Laxatives / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Lesbian / Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich -- Lesbian Ethics / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Libido and Desire / Gary Martz -- Life Expectancy / James Craine, John R. Weeks -- Light Therapy / Elaine Campbell -- Liposuction / Janet Blanchard -- Liver Spots / Andrea Willey, Paradi Mirmirani -- Living Wills / Marshall Kapp -- Long-Term Care / Evanne Juratovac -- Lubricants / Christina M. Camp, Gina M. Wingood -- Lung Cancer / S. Franco, M. Glassberg -- Lung Disease / Marilyn Glassberg, Geoffrey Harris -- Lung Transplantation / Rachel Lange, Marilyn Glassberg -- Lyme Disease / Robert W. Sanders, Lori B. Siegel -- Mammary Glands / Karen Ashby -- Mammography / Kathleen Wolner -- Marianismo / Melissa Rivera Marano -- Marijuana / Raminta Daniulaityte -- Marital Status / Yuying Li, John R. Weeks -- Masculinity / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Massage / Susan Paparella-Pitzel, Ellen Zambo-Anderson -- Mastectomy / M. MacDougall -- Mastitis / MaryAnne E. Markowski -- Masturbation / Gary Martz -- Maternal Mortality / Elizabeth Christensen, John R. Weeks -- Maternal Separation / Amy Salisbury -- Medicaid / Beth E. Quill -- Medical Malpractice / Marshall B. Kapp -- Medicare / Beth E. Quill -- Meditation / Judy Hahn -- Melanoma / Leslie K. Dennis -- Menarche / Geri Donenberg -- Menopause / Wulf H. Utian -- Menstrual Cycle Disorders / Margaret L. McKenzie -- Menstruation / Margaret L. McKenzie -- Mental Illness / Tira B. Stebbins -- Midwifery / Elaine K. Diegmann -- Migraine / Marc Winkelman -- Military Service / Tambra Cain -- Miscarriage / Merrill Sue Lewen -- Mitral Valve Prolapse / Elina Yamada, Claire Duvernoy -- Moles / Leslie K. Dennis -- Mononucleosis / Keith Armitage -- Mood Disorders / Amy Salisbury -- Morbidity / John R. Weeks -- Morning Sickness / Bryan Jick -- Mortality / John R. Weeks, Manuel Miranda -- Multiple Sclerosis / Joseph P. Hanna -- Myasthenia Gravis / Nimish Thakore Nail Care / Mara Meza -- Natural Childbirth / Elaine K. Diegmann -- Natural Family Planning / Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Nausea / Margaret Jakubowicz, Margaret F. Kinnard -- Neonatal Care Ethics / Rebecca Moran, Laura Weiss Roberts -- Neural Tube Defects / Natalie K. Yeaney -- Neuropathy / Nimish J. Thakore -- New England Female Medical College / Elizabeth Marie Valencia -- Nicotine / Marilyn Davies -- Nightingale, Florence / Tambra Cain -- Novello, Antonia / Judith Hahn -- Nurse Practitioner / Dorothy M. Meyer -- Nursing / Melissa Zupancic -- Nursing Home / Siran M. Koroukian, Evanne Juratovac -- Nutrition / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Obesity / Asra Kermani -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Miriam B. Rosenthal -- Occupational Therapist / Cynthia Olschewsky -- Oligomenorrhea / Diane Young -- Oophorectomy / Paula L. Hensley -- Oral Contraception / Nancy Myers-Bradley -- Oral Health / Pamela Arbuckle, Joy A. Jordan -- Osteoarthritis / Chad Deal -- Osteoporosis and Osteopenia / Judith M. Frank -- Ovarian Cancer / Lynda Roman -- Ovarian Cyst / Karen Ashby -- Pacemaker Therapy / Kamala Tamirisa, Claire Duvernoy -- Pain / Joseph P. Hanna -- Panic Attack / Alicia M. Weissman -- Pap Test / Karen Ashby -- Parenting / Sheila Simon -- Parkinson's Disease / John Sanitato -- Parks, Rosa / Tambra Cain -- Patients' Rights / Anne Simpson -- Pedophilia / Candace B. Risen -- Peer Relationships / Kristi Jordan, Geri R. Donenberg -- Pelvic Examination / James F. Carter -- Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Rony Adam -- Pelvic Pain / Habibeh Gitiforooz -- Peptic Ulcer Disease / Margaret F. Kinnard -- Perimenopause / Wulf H. Utian -- Periodontics / Valerie Godfrey, Joy A. Jordan -- Personality Disorders / Amy S. House, Josephine Albritton -- Pharmacists / Matthew A. Fuller -- Phobia / Martha Sajatovic -- Phototherapy / Kathleen Wolner -- Physical Therapy / Paula L. Hensley -- Physicians / Susan Hatters Friedman -- Piercing / David Vidra, Sana Loue -- Polyamory / Sarah A. Smith, Julianne M. Serovich -- Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Douglas Flagg -- Postpartum Disorders / Amy Salisbury -- Postpartum Period / Keith A. Frey -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / David Liebling -- Preconception Care / Keith A. Frey -- Pre-Eclampsia / Janet M. Burlingame -- Pregnancy / Keith A. Frey -- Pregnancy Testing / Keith A. Frey -- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder / Sharon Abegg -- Prenatal Care / Keith A. Frey -- Prenuptial Agreement / Sheila Simon -- Preventive Care / Kathleen Wolner -- Prison Health / Judith Hahn -- Probate / Janet L. Lowder, Marian J. Ster -- Promotoras / Linda S. Lloyd -- Prostitution / Susanne Montgomery, Heather Diaz -- Psychoanalysis / Rachel M. Baker -- Psychologists / Norah C. Feeny -- Psychosomatic Disorder / Lara Stepleman -- Psychotherapy / Jan Matz -- Puberty / Geri Donenberg -- Quality of Life / Brandy Glasser -- Queer / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Rape / Kathleen Franco, David Bronson, Mohammed Alishahie -- Raynaud's Phenomenon / Julianne S. Orlowski -- Regional Rheumatic Pain / Amita Sapra, Lori B. Siegel -- Renal Disease / Bruce E. Berger -- Reproductive Technologies / Anne L. Mathews -- Restraining Orders / Elizabeth Valencia -- Rh Disease / Deanna Grove -- Rheumatoid Arthritis / Julianne S. Orlowski -- Rosacea / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Rubella / Deanna Grove -- Rural Health / Pamela Monaghan-Geernaert, Teddy Warner, Laura Weiss Roberts -- Safer Sex / Christina M. Camp, Gina M. Wingood -- Sanger, Margaret / Polly Hampton -- Schizophrenia / Susan Hatters-Friedman -- Scleroderma / Michelle Endicott, Paradi Mirmirani -- Sclerotherapy / Mary G. Veremis-Ley, Paradi Mirmirani -- Seasonal Affective Disorder / Miriam Rosenthal -- Seizures / Anita B. Varkey, Dileep R. Nair -- Self-Injurious Behavior / Amy S. House, Jennifer Cercone-Keeney -- Sexual Abuse / Tira Stebbins -- Sexual Dysfunction / Rebecca G. Rogers, Teresita McCarty -- Sexual Harassment / Brandy Glasser -- Sexual Organs / Karen Ashby -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Karen Ashby -- Shamans / Stephanie Cabrera -- Shingles / Keith Armitage -- Sjögren's Syndrome / Daniel Greene, Lori B. Siege -- Skin Care / Paradi Mirmirani -- Skin Disorders / Sarolta Szabo, Radha Mikkillineni, Paradi Mirmirani / Slavery / Patricia M. Henry -- Sleep Disorders / John Sanitato -- Sleep Hygiene / Philip L. Dines -- Smoking / Marilyn Davies -- Social Security Disability Benefits / Janet L. Lowder, Mary B. McKee -- Social Stress / Natalie Colabianchi -- Social Support / Natalie Colabianchi -- Socioeconomic Status / Natalie Colabianchi -- Spirituality / Nancy Morrison -- Sports Injuries / Mary Anthony -- Stalking / Polly Hampton -- Stress / Natalie Colabianchi -- Stretch Marks / Mary Gail Mercurio -- Stroke / Julie Schulman -- Student Health / Megan V. Smithpeter, Melinda K. Rogers, Laura Weiss Roberts -- Substance Use / Ted Parran, Jr. -- Suicide / Isabel Schuermeyer -- Syphilis / Karen Ashby -- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus / Katherine Wren, Shirley Lee, Lori Siegel Tampon / Susan Wiedaseck -- Tattoos / David Vidra, Sana Loue -- Tay-Sachs Disease / Paula L. Hensley -- Teen Pregnancy / Natalie Colabianchi -- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Norman DeLoach Jr., Joy Jordan -- Thalidomide / John Frisbee -- Thyroid Diseases / Kenneth D. Burman -- Tobacco / Marilyn Davies -- Toxic Shock Syndrome / Susan Wiedaseck -- Toxoplasmosis / Bryan S. Jick -- Transgenderism / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Transsexuality / Angela Pattatucci Aragon -- Trichomoniasis / Usha Stiefel -- Trichotillomania / Kathleen Franco, Rashmi Deshmukh -- Trigeminal Neuralgia / Matthew Eccher -- Tubal Ligation / Karen Ashby -- Turner Syndrome / Paula L. Hensley -- Ultrasound / Susan Rutherford -- United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 / Elizabeth Valencia -- Urinary Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction / Rony Adam -- Urinary Tract Infections / Keith B. Armitage -- Uterine Cancer / Paul S. Lin -- Uterine Fibroids / Linda D. Bradley -- Vaginal Bleeding / Linda D. Bradley -- Vaginismus / Gray B. Clarke -- Veils / Nancy Mendez -- Venous Thromboembolism / Amir Haghighat, Nanette Wenger -- Violence / Corinne Peek-Asa -- Vitamins / Rajkumari Richmonds -- Weight Control / Alicia M. Weissman -- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania / Laurentine Fromm, Steven J. Peitzman -- Women's Health Initiative / Elizabeth Marie Valencia -- Wrinkles / Paradi Mirmirani -- Yeast Infection / Joyce Hyatt -- Yoga / Lagenia Bailey -- Youth / Geri Donenberg Summary Offers readers practical information, historical aspects, and future directions on topics from reproductive issues to gastrointestinal illnesses, all informed by current health issues and health-care realities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Encyclopedias Women -- Diseases -- Encyclopedias Women -- Health and hygiene. Genitourinary organs -- Diseases. Health. Medical care. Diseases. Women's Health Female Urogenital Diseases Health Population Characteristics Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Delivery of Health Care Disease Genital Diseases, Female Patient Care health. Medical care Health Genitourinary organs -- Diseases Diseases Women -- Diseases Women -- Health and hygiene Genre/Form Electronic books encyclopedias. Encyclopedias Encyclopedias. Encyclopédies. Form Electronic book Author Loue, Sana. Sajatovic, Martha. Armitage, Keith B. ISBN 9781849725095 1849725098

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