Women's health needs in patient education / Barbara K. Redman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redman, Barbara Klug.

Series:

Springer series, focus on women.

Springer series, focus on women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patient education.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c1999.

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-80696-X

0-8261-9693-4

OCLC:

437240792