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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809966203321

Autore

Redman Barbara Klug

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-281-80696-X

0-8261-9693-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Springer series, focus on women

Disciplina

615.5071082

616.0082

Soggetti

Patient education

Women - Health and hygiene

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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