| Description |
1 online resource (191 pages) |
| Series |
Focus on Women |
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Springer series, focus on women.
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| Contents |
Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; One: The Gender Frame of Reference for Patient Education; Two: Cardiovascular Education; Three: Gynecologic, Genitourinary, and Reproductive Patient Education; Four: Motherhood As Learning; Five: Cancer Patient Education; Six: AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Education; Seven: Other Disorders and Health Needs; Eight: Patient Education for Women: Summary; Index |
| Summary |
The goal of this book is to fill the many gaps that health care providers face when helping women learn self care and prevention skills. Special attention is paid to minority status, low literacy, and elderly women who may have fewer opportunities to find health information independently. While this is ample information on reproductive health available, women experience a lack of timely information on nonreproductive health issues, such major killers as lung cancer and cardiovascular disease; adequate information for family caregivers, who are mostly women; and other disorders, ranging from AI |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Patient education.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Patient Education as Topic
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Patient education
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Women -- Health and hygiene
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826196934 |
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0826196934 |
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