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Author Healey, Justin.

Title Women's health / editor Justin Healey
Published Balmain, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 1999

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Description 44 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Series Issues in society ; v. 112
Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 112
Contents 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
Analysis Cancer
Health care
Lifestyle and health
Reproduction
Statistics
Women
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Health attitudes -- Australia.
Health behavior -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Health behavior -- Australia.
Health education of women.
Health education of women -- Juvenile literature.
Health -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Australia.
Author Healey, Justin.
ISBN 1876811218