Women's Health: An Integrated Approach to Wellness and Illness
Autor RN Condon, Marian C., RN D.Ed. Condonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2002
User-friendly and self explanatory, this book provides readers with essential information about women's health: how to promote it, the societal factors that so greatly impact it, and how to choose wisely among the wide-range of health care modalities available. Its versatile yet comprehensive coverage addresses the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of health, and offers concrete guidelines for promoting wellness and recognizing illness. Chapter topics include nutrition, substance abuse, environmental toxins, rest and exercise, stress, relationships, thyroid disease, sexual wellness and illness, pregnancy and childbearing, menopause and peri-menopause, violence against women, and much more. For individuals thinking of the nursing profession as a career, and women's health concerns as a priority. Previously announced in the 12/01 catalog.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780838596487
ISBN-10: 0838596487
Pagini: 602
Dimensiuni: 220 x 240 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.27 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
ISBN-10: 0838596487
Pagini: 602
Dimensiuni: 220 x 240 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.27 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Pearson
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Descriere
For undergraduate and graduate courses in Women's Health appropriate for nursing and non-health majors.
User-friendly and self explanatory, this text provides students with essential information about women's health: how to promote it, the societal factors that so greatly influence it, and how to choose wisely among the wide-range of health care modalities available. Its versatile yet comprehensive coverage addresses the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of health, and offers concrete guidelines for promoting wellness and recognizing both wellness and illness.
User-friendly and self explanatory, this text provides students with essential information about women's health: how to promote it, the societal factors that so greatly influence it, and how to choose wisely among the wide-range of health care modalities available. Its versatile yet comprehensive coverage addresses the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of health, and offers concrete guidelines for promoting wellness and recognizing both wellness and illness.
Cuprins
I. SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE.
1. Women, Society, Health and Health Care: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
2. Modern Sociocultural Dimensions of Women's Health: Why Class. Ethnicity and Age Matter.
II. ENVIRONMENTAL/LEFESTYLE FACTORS THAT AFFECT WOMEN'S HEALTH.
3. Nutrition.
4. Substance Abuse.
5. Environmental Toxins.
6. Rest and Exercise.
7. Stress.
8. Relationships.
III. THE EMERGING INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
9. Understanding and Negotiating the Traditional Health Care System.
10. Non-Traditional Healthcare: Understanding the New Paradigm.
11. Non-Traditional Therapeutic Disciplines and Remedies: Choosing Wisely.
IV. PHYSICALLY MANIFESTED HEALTH: PROMOTING WELLNESS AND RECOGNIZING ILLNESS.
12. Cardiovascular Wellness and Illness.
13. Respiratory Wellness and Illness.
14. Musculoskeletal Wellness and Illness.
15. Gastrointestinal Wellness and Illness.
16. Urinary Tract Wellness and Illness.
17. Gynecological Wellness and Illness.
18. Skin Wellness and Illness.
19. Neurological Wellness and Illness.
20. Immunologic Wellness and Illness.
21. Thyroid Wellness and Illness.
22. Sexual Wellness and Illness.
23. Pregnancy and Childbearing.
24. Menopause and Peri-menopause.
25. Violence Against Women.
V. EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY MANIFESTED HEALTH: PROMOTING WELLNESS AND RECOGNIZING ILLNESS.
26. Psychological Wellness and Illness.
27. Spiritual Wellness and Illness.
28. Dealing With the End of Life.
Index.
1. Women, Society, Health and Health Care: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
2. Modern Sociocultural Dimensions of Women's Health: Why Class. Ethnicity and Age Matter.
II. ENVIRONMENTAL/LEFESTYLE FACTORS THAT AFFECT WOMEN'S HEALTH.
3. Nutrition.
4. Substance Abuse.
5. Environmental Toxins.
6. Rest and Exercise.
7. Stress.
8. Relationships.
III. THE EMERGING INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM.
9. Understanding and Negotiating the Traditional Health Care System.
10. Non-Traditional Healthcare: Understanding the New Paradigm.
11. Non-Traditional Therapeutic Disciplines and Remedies: Choosing Wisely.
IV. PHYSICALLY MANIFESTED HEALTH: PROMOTING WELLNESS AND RECOGNIZING ILLNESS.
12. Cardiovascular Wellness and Illness.
13. Respiratory Wellness and Illness.
14. Musculoskeletal Wellness and Illness.
15. Gastrointestinal Wellness and Illness.
16. Urinary Tract Wellness and Illness.
17. Gynecological Wellness and Illness.
18. Skin Wellness and Illness.
19. Neurological Wellness and Illness.
20. Immunologic Wellness and Illness.
21. Thyroid Wellness and Illness.
22. Sexual Wellness and Illness.
23. Pregnancy and Childbearing.
24. Menopause and Peri-menopause.
25. Violence Against Women.
V. EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY MANIFESTED HEALTH: PROMOTING WELLNESS AND RECOGNIZING ILLNESS.
26. Psychological Wellness and Illness.
27. Spiritual Wellness and Illness.
28. Dealing With the End of Life.
Index.
Notă biografică
Marian C. Condon, RN, D.Ed., HNC teaches in the Department of Nursing at York College, in York, Pennsylvania. She offers courses on Women's Health to students and health care professionals. Dr. Condon is a member of the National Association for Research on Women, the Society for Women's Health Research and the National Wellness Association. She holds a doctoral degree in Adult Education and certification in Holistic Nursing.
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A "must have," this user-friendly resource provides all of the essentials of women's health: how to promote it, the societal factors that so greatly impact it, and how to choose wisely among the wide range of health care modalities available. Addressing the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of health, it offers concrete guidelines for promoting wellness and recognizing illness. Included are discussions of societal factors that influence health and healthcare, as well as controversial issues such as the necessity of surgical interventions. A critique of both traditional and commonly used alternative therapies and remedies provides a complete picture of the health care options available today.
Caracteristici
- A holistic focus.
- Explores the connections among the mind, body, and spirit as they relate to wellness and illness, and the ways in which each influences the other.
- Explores the connections among the mind, body, and spirit as they relate to wellness and illness, and the ways in which each influences the other.
- An integrative approach—Describes both traditional and commonly used non-traditional/alternative therapies and remedies. Addresses the efficacy and safety of non-traditional approaches.
- Provides an extensive analysis of the fundamental differences between the traditional western medical paradigm and the emerging integrative one.
- Provides an extensive analysis of the fundamental differences between the traditional western medical paradigm and the emerging integrative one.
- Discussion of societal factors that influence health and healthcare.
- Addresses factors such as historical and contemporary societal views of women, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status.
- Addresses factors such as historical and contemporary societal views of women, age, ethnicity and socio-economic status.
- Versatile content.
- Appropriate for courses offered to students in nursing and other health-related fields, as well as non-health care majors.
- Appropriate for courses offered to students in nursing and other health-related fields, as well as non-health care majors.
- Coverage of controversial issues in women's health—e.g., whether women are being subjected to inappropriate surgical interventions such as hysterectomy and c-section.
- Alerts reader to information regarding women's health that is critical to the general public.
- Alerts reader to information regarding women's health that is critical to the general public.
- Wellness assessment guides—Included in all chapters addressing wellness and illness.
- Stimulate and enable readers to assess their own level of wellness.
- Stimulate and enable readers to assess their own level of wellness.
- Questions for Reflection and Discussion —In every chapter.
- Prompts students to think critically about the chapter material.
- Prompts students to think critically about the chapter material.
- A section on the implications of female gender.
- Helps students recognize that gender is a social factor that has profound implications regarding health and healthcare.
- Helps students recognize that gender is a social factor that has profound implications regarding health and healthcare.