Health Care for Older Women by Julie George
This book covers current controversies in women's health care in a broad, interdisciplinary way. Topics range from the controversies in breast and cervical cancer screening, through osteoporosis and menopause, to the relationships of older women with their doctors. This guide provides a well-rounded overview of health care for older women, each chapter including issues of current debate. This book is suitable both for students new to the area, and for specialists wishing to learn more about the work of other experts. It is also a useful source of intelligent and detailed information for family practitioners on the provision of women's health care from a primary care perspective.
`..this book can provide a state-of-the-art reference source for everybody concerned with developing the quality of their particular service for elderly women' Nursing Standard
`... a state-of-the-art reference source for everyone concerned with developing the quality of their particular service for elderly women' Nursing the Elderly
'a comprehensive account of the many issues - gynaecology, the menopause, screening, lifestyle, social attitudes - which render the older woman particularly vulnerable' British Medical Journal
'This would be a valuable handbook for any professional whose work involves contact with older women as patients or 'clients'. Real warmth and understanding of the target group surfaces most clearly in Professor Ebrahim's account of the health needs of elderly Asian women. Older women in general would welcome his suggestion off advocacy.' Zoe Slattery, Age and Aging, Vol 22 No 2
'Coverage of clinical issues is one strength of this book. ... Health Care for Older Women is a book suitable for professionals in clinical and sociological disciplines. It is easily read and understood. Both health care providers and investigators will benefit from reading this volume.' Deborah T. Gold, Duke University Medical Center, Journal of Women & Aging
`... a state-of-the-art reference source for everyone concerned with developing the quality of their particular service for elderly women' Nursing the Elderly
'a comprehensive account of the many issues - gynaecology, the menopause, screening, lifestyle, social attitudes - which render the older woman particularly vulnerable' British Medical Journal
'This would be a valuable handbook for any professional whose work involves contact with older women as patients or 'clients'. Real warmth and understanding of the target group surfaces most clearly in Professor Ebrahim's account of the health needs of elderly Asian women. Older women in general would welcome his suggestion off advocacy.' Zoe Slattery, Age and Aging, Vol 22 No 2
'Coverage of clinical issues is one strength of this book. ... Health Care for Older Women is a book suitable for professionals in clinical and sociological disciplines. It is easily read and understood. Both health care providers and investigators will benefit from reading this volume.' Deborah T. Gold, Duke University Medical Center, Journal of Women & Aging
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192620682 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192620681 |
| Title | Health Care for Older Women |
| Author | Julie George |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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