Routledge international handbook of women's sexual and reproductive health. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jane M. Ussher, Joan C. Chrisler and Janette Perz.
• Editors: Ussher, Jane M, 1961-; Chrisler, Joan C; Perz, Janette, 1968-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Author biographies; Introduction; Framework; Organization of the handbook; Goals of the handbook; Conclusion; References; PART I: Menarche, menstruation and menopause; 1. Pubertal development and menarche: physiological and developmental aspects; Physiological aspects of puberty; Conclusion; References; 2. Menarche: psychosocial and cultural aspects; Cultural meanings of menarche; Emotional reactions to menarche; Preparing girls for menarche; Is age at menarche important?; Conclusion; References 3. The menstrual cycle: its biology in the context of silent ovulatory disturbancesMenstrual cycle organization and control; Menstrual cycles and ovulation across the life cycle; New understanding of symptomatic menstrual cycles; Conclusion; References; 4. The menstrual cycle: attitudes and behavioral concomitants; Attitudes toward menstruation; Menstrual cycle concomitants; Conclusion; References; 5. Premenstrual mood disorders: a feminist psychosocial perspective; PMS as a culture-bound syndrome; The relational context of PMDs; Women's negotiation of negative premenstrual change; Conclusion Pathologising women with endometriosisThe experience of endometriosis; Resistance and endometriosis communities; Conclusion; References; 9. Breast and reproductive cancers: genomics and risks; Prevalence, survival, and screening; Disparities; Carcinogenesis and genomics; Risk factors; Emerging approaches to treatment; Summary and concluding thoughts; Notes; References; 10. Psychosocial aspects of women's sexual and reproductive well-being after cancer; Women's experiences of body dissatisfaction after cancer; Women's experiences of sexual well-being after cancer The influence of life-stage and relational context on women's sexual and reproductive well-being after cancerAcknowledging the discursive context of women's sexual embodiment after cancer; Discursive constructions of cancer identities and women's embodied sexuality; Conclusion; References; PART III: Contraception and infertility; 11. Contraception across the reproductive life-course; A brief history of contraception; Overview of contraceptive methods; Contraception across the life course; Conclusion; References; 12. Abortion in context; Abortion in historical context; Abortion technologies
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 613/.04244; PSYCHOLOGY / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies; Women -- Health and hygiene; Reproductive health; Sexual health; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351035613; 1351035614; 9781351035620; 1351035622; 9781351035606; 1351035606; 9781351035590; 1351035592
• Related ISBNs: 1138490261; 9781138490260
• Notes: Note: References6. Menopause and midlife: psychosocial perspectives and interventions; Women's experience of midlife and the menopause; Psychosocial support and interventions; Menopause and work; Public health; References; PART II: Reproductive and gynecological disorders; 7. Menstrual-cycle-related disorders: polycystic ovary syndrome, dysmenorrhea and menstrual migraine; Polycystic ovary syndrome; Dysmenorrhea; Menstrual migraine; Conclusions; References; 8. Women's experience of endometriosis; Endometriosis as a contested condition; Endometriosis as gendered; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2019).
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