Chapter 1. Women's Health in Australia: The National Women's Health Program; Women's Health Australia; Global Commission on Women's Health; The women's health movement; Women lose out in health system. -- Chapter 2. Major Women's Health Issues: Conditions affecting females; Breast cancer; Why we fear breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Which women need a Pap test?; Teenagers avoid pap smear and risk cancer, study finds; Menstruation; Exploding the PMS myth; Infertility and reproductive technology; Women and sexually transmitted infections (STIs); Endometriosis; Women and eating disorders; Young women unfit, stressed, study finds; Women and substance abuse; Women and sexual violence; Preparing for a healthy menopause
Summary
This book looks at the state of women's health in Australia, and the major health issues affecting women