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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454182303321

Autore

Redman Barbara K

Titolo

Women's Health Needs In Patient Education [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Publishing Company, 2004

ISBN

1-281-80696-X

0-8261-9693-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Focus on Women

Disciplina

615.5071082

616.0082

Soggetti

Patient education

Primary Prevention

Women -- Health and hygiene

Women's Health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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