ABSTRACT

Biomedical Issues closely examines issues such as cyclic biology, programming, birth surgery, and cancer and provides information on national trends in health care. It presents overviews of research issues and methods, while integrating the social psychological significance of these events as experienced by individual women. The author suggests that understanding more about specific health problems of women will provide a basis for also understanding more about the general experience of female gender in society.

chapter 1|24 pages

Sex Differences in Health Status

chapter 2|22 pages

Feminist Criticisms and Analyses

chapter 3|25 pages

Cyclic Biology

chapter 4|20 pages

Life Span Perspectives on Cyclic Biology

chapter 5|19 pages

Contraception

chapter 6|24 pages

Managing Pregnancy

chapter 7|25 pages

Birth

chapter 8|22 pages

Gynecological Surgery

The Hysterectomy

chapter 10|26 pages

Breast Cancer: Risk Factors

chapter 11|27 pages

Breast Cancer: Detection and Management