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Diagnosis female : how medical bias endangers women's health / by Dwass, Emily,1953-;

Includes bibliographical references and index.All in My Head -- All in Her Head -- Voices Not Heard -- Heartfelt -- Chronic -- Cracking the Ceiling -- "There Is Somebody Sitting Here."Being a woman in the health care system is inherently hazardous to your health. Women often experience misdiagnosis and ignorance of their symptoms, in part because for centuries females were excluded from important medical research. This work reveals the gender bias that can cause harm. Tips and tools guide women to better health outcomes.

Subjects: Women; Women; Women's health services;

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Women's health care in advanced practice nursing / by Alexander, Ivy M.,editor.; Johnson-Mallard, Versie,editor.; Kostas-Polston, Elizabeth A.,editor.; Fogel, Catherine Ingram,1941-editor.; Woods, Nancy Fugate,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Women and their health -- Women as health care providers -- Women and health care -- Health care for vulnerable populations -- Legal issues in women's health care -- Feminist frameworks for advanced practice with women -- Women's bodies -- Young women's health -- Midlife women's health -- Older women's health -- Well woman's health -- Mental health -- Nutrition for women -- Healthy practices: Physical activity -- Healthy practices: Sleep -- Genetics and women's health -- Women and the workplace -- Health considerations for women caregivers -- Women's sexual health -- Primary care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals -- Fertility self-management and shared management -- Prenatal care and anticipating birth -- Breast health considerations -- Caring for the transgender patient -- Sexual health problems and dysfunctions -- Vulvar and baginal health -- Perimenstrual and pelvic symptoms -- Urologic and pelvic floor health problems -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Women and HIV/AIDS -- Human papillomavirus -- Gynecologic cancers -- Menopause -- Osteoporosis -- The challenge of unintended pregnancies -- Infertility -- High-risk childbearing -- Intrapartum and postpartum care -- Mental health challenges -- Substance abuse and women -- Gender-based violence and women's health -- Cardiovascular disease in women -- Endocrine-related problems -- Chronic illness and women -- Care of women with disabilities.

Subjects: Women; Women; Women's Health Services; Nursing Care; Women's Health; Nurse Practitioners; Health Promotion;

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Everything below the waist : why health care needs a feminist revolution / by Block, Jennifer,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-314) and index.The problem with medicine as empowerment -- The church of the magic bullet -- Fertility insurance -- Pelvic tension -- GYN exceptionalism -- Birth trauma -- Women's health, inc. -- The case for home abortion -- The case for physiological justice."American women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. In Everything Below the Waist, Jennifer Block asks: Why is the life expectancy of women today declining relative to women in other high-income countries, and even relative to the generation before them? Block examines several staples of modern women's health care, from fertility technology to contraception to pelvic surgery to miscarriage treatment, and finds that while overdiagnosis and overtreatment persist in medicine writ large, they are particularly acute for women. One third of mothers give birth by major surgery; roughly half of women lose their uterus to hysterectomy. Feminism turned the world upside down, yet to a large extent the doctors' office has remained stuck in time. Block returns to the 1970s women's health movement to understand how in today's supposed age of empowerment, women's bodies are still so vulnerable to medical control--particularly their sex organs, and as result, their sex lives. In this urgent book, Block tells the stories of patients, clinicians, and reformers, uncovering history and science that could revolutionize the standard of care, and change the way women think about their health. Everything Below the Waist challenges all people to take back control of their bodies"--Amazon.com.American women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. Yet the life expectancy of women today is declining relative to women in other high-income countries. Block examines several staples of modern women's health care, from fertility technology to contraception to pelvic surgery to miscarriage treatment, and finds that while overdiagnosis and overtreatment persist in medicine writ large, they are particularly acute for women. -- adapted from jacket

Subjects: Women's health services; Women; Women's Health Services.; Women's Health.; Feminism.; Medical Overuse.; Attitude of Health Personnel.;

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A spark of light : a novel / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-; Turpin, Bahni,narrator.;

Read by Bahni Turpin, with a note read by the author."The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. Jodi Picoult one of the most fearless writers of our time tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation. and, hopefully, understanding"--

Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Hostages; Women's health services; Hostage negotiations; Family planning services;

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Grown woman talk : your guide to getting and staying healthy / by Malone, Sharon,1959-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women and women of color, be it our increased cancer risk, our alarming obesity statistics, or our disproportionate risk of cardiovascular diseases, but very little is written for us, and a diagnosis from Dr. Internet doesn't cut it. Talk about being sick? Dr. Sharon Malone is sick of that. Grown Woman Talk is for all women who have often not been seen or heard. For more than three decades as a practicing Ob/Gyn in the nation's capital and now as chief medical officer of Alloy Women's Health, Dr. Malone has served women across the city all the way to the upper echelons of power. In this book, she gives us the nudge we all need to become effective and efficient advocates in getting the care we deserve. Part medical memoir of the Malone family experience tracing from the Jim Crow South to the highest corridors of power in Washington, part relatable clinical scenarios of women from all walks of life and experiences, and part practical medical and logistical advice, this book is a reliable and easy-to-understand resource. In addition to information on ailments like fibroids, cancer, heart disease, and perimenopause, it also helps us navigate the medical establishment of today with advice on how to choose a doctor, why our family's health history matters, and how to decide among treatments. Combining emerging practices with the latest research the book addresses many women's greatest gap, the one between what they believe and what is actually true. With a combination of medical expertise, up-to-date science, and lived experience, Grown Woman Talk addresses the most common conditions women over forty deal with. And it helps women, especially Black women, identify the power they have and how to use it to chart a path to improve their health outcomes and thrive"--

Subjects: African American women; African American women; African American women; Women; Women's health services; Women; Women; Women's health services.; African Americans.; Women's Health; Women's Health Services; Black or African American;

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Maternity & women's health care / by Lowdermilk, Deitra Leonard,editor.; Perry, Shannon E.,author.; Cashion, Kitty,author.; Alden, Kathryn Rhodes,author.; Olshansky, Ellen Frances,1949-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.21st Century Maternity and Women's Health Nursing -- Community Care: The Family and Culture -- Nursing and Genomics -- Assessment and Health Promotion -- Violence Against Women -- Reproductive System Concerns -- Sexually Transmitted and Other Infections -- Contraception and Abortion -- Infertility -- Problems of the Breast -- Structural Disorders and Neoplasms of the Reproductive System -- Conception and Fetal Development -- Anatomy and Physiology of Pregnancy -- Nursing Care of the Family During Pregnancy -- Maternal Nutrition -- Labor and Birth Processes -- Maximizing Comfort For The Laboring Person -- Fetal Assessment During Labor -- Nursing Care of the Family During Labor and Birth -- Postpartum Anatomic and Physiologic Changes -- Nursing Care of the Family During the Postpartum Period -- Transition to Parenthood -- Physiologic and Behavioral Adaptations of the Newborn -- Nursing Care of the Newborn and Family -- Newborn Nutrition and Feeding -- Assessment of High Risk Pregnancy -- Hypertensive Disorders -- Hemorrhagic Disorders -- Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders -- Medical-Surgical Disorders -- Mental Health Disorders and Substance Abuse -- Labor and Birth at Risk -- Postpartum Complications -- Nursing Care of the High-Risk Newborn -- Acquired Problems of the Newborn -- Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies -- Perinatal Loss, Bereavement, and Grief."This comprehensive maternity book is now even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 13th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In addition to emphasizing childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New guidelines are incorporated with updated content throughout, focusing on prioritization of care and interprofessional care." --

Subjects: Maternity nursing.; Pregnancy; Gynecologic nursing.; Women's health services.; Women; Maternal-Child Nursing; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatal Nursing; Obstetric Nursing; Pregnancy Complications; Women's Health; Obstetric Nursing;

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Women's health research : progress, pitfalls, and promise / by Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Committee on Women's Health Research.;

Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Research on determinants of women's health -- Research on conditions with particular relevance to women -- Methodologic issues in women's health research -- Transforming discovery to impact: translation and communication of findings of women's health research -- Synthesis, findings, and recommendations."Even though slightly over half of the U.S. population is female, medical research historically has neglected the health needs of women. However, over the past two decades, there have been major changes in government support of women's health research--in policies, regulations, and the organization of research efforts. To assess the impact of these changes, Congress directed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ask the IOM to examine what has been learned from that research and how well it has been put into practice as well as communicated to both providers and women. Women's Health Research finds that women's health research has contributed to significant progress over the past 20 years in lessening the burden of disease and reducing deaths from some conditions, while other conditions have seen only moderate change or even little or no change. Gaps remain, both in research areas and in the application of results to benefit women in general and across multiple population groups. Given the many and significant roles women play in our society, maintaining support for women's health research and enhancing its impact are not only in the interest of women, they are in the interest of us all."--Publisher's description.

Subjects: CD-ROMs.; Women; Women's Health; Clinical Trials as Topic; Health Services Research; Health Status;

© c2010., National Academies Press,

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Abortion after Roe / by Schoen, Johanna.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index.Living through some giant change: the establishment of abortion services -- Medicine at the edges of life: abortion and fetal research -- The formation of the National Abortion Federation and the standards debate -- The development of dilation and evacuation and the debate over fetal bodies -- To protect the lives of American babies: the escalation of antiabortion activism -- Truths, lies, and partial truths: the debate surrounding intact D&E."Abortion is--and always has been--an arena for contesting power relations between women and men. When in 1973 the Supreme Court made the procedure legal throughout the United States, it seemed that women were at last able to make decisions about their own bodies. In the four decades that followed, however, abortion became ever more politicized and stigmatized. Abortion after Roe chronicles and analyzes what the new legal status and changing political environment have meant for abortion providers and their patients"--

Subjects: Abortion; Abortion; Abortion; Abortion; Abortion services; Pro-life movement; Dilatation and extraction abortion; Abortion, Induced; Abortion, Induced; Reproductive Rights; Women's Health.; Dissent and Disputes.; History, 20th Century.;

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The healthy woman : a complete guide for all ages. by United States.Dept. of Health and Human Services.Office on Women's Health.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-507) and index.Taking charge of your health -- Heart disease -- Stroke -- Cancer -- Type 2 diabetes -- Autoimmune diseases -- Blood disorders -- Sexually transmitted infections -- HIV/AIDS -- Reproductive health -- Pregnancy -- Breastfeeding -- Mental health -- Healthy aging -- Violence against women -- Urologic and kidney health -- Digestive health -- Respiratory health -- Oral health -- Skin and hair health -- Nutrition -- Fitness -- Pain -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Glossary.

Subjects: Women; Women;

© [2008?], U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,

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Maternal-newborn nursing : the critical components of nursing care / by Durham, Roberta F.,author.; Chapman, Linda,1949-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A better way to learn maternal and newborn nursing! This unique presentation provides tightly focused maternal-newborn coverage in a highly structured text."--Google Books viewed Oct. 8, 2021.

Subjects: Maternity nursing.; Maternal health services.; Newborn infants; Maternal-Child Nursing; Perinatal Care; Obstetric Nursing; Maternal Health Services;

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