{"product_id":"womens-health-isbn-9781854333087","title":"Women's Health","description":"Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground-breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women's health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide-ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as anorexia nervosa, depression, women and cancer, sexual abuse, disability, exercise, body image, pregnancy, sexual violence and drug use.  \u003cp\u003eList of contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s health: Contemporary concerns 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane M. Ussher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One: An Overview of Critical Issues in Women’s Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Psychology of women’s health: A critique 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Qualitative methods and women’s health research 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Choosing a life span developmental orientation 50\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSheila Greene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two: Young Women’s Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Young Asian women and self-harm 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriette Marshall and Anjum Yazdani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Girls on “E”: Social problem or social panic? 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Pini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Women and substance abuse: Problems of visibility and empowerment 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Young lesbians and mental health: The closet is a depressing place to be 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Mooney-Somers and Jane Ussher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Femininity as a barrier to positive sexual health for adolescent girls 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah L. Tolman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three: Sexuality and Sexual Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 ‘I couldn’t imagine having sex with anyone else’ Young women’s experience of trustworthiness in heterosexual relationships 105\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNiamh Stephenson, Susan Kippax and June Crawford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Reclaiming women’s sexual agency 114\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLynne Segal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The social construction of women’s sexuality: The dangers of pharmaceutical industry interest 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonore Tiefer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Rape: Cultural definitions and health outcomes 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss and Luciana Ramos Lira\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Sexual assault and domestic violence: Implications for health workers 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSue Lees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Naming abuse and constructing identities 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosaleen Croghan and Dorothy Miell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Sexual harassment and stress: How women cope with unwanted sexual attention 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Women’s sexual health: An overview 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSylvia Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Contraception choice: A biopsychosocial perspective 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeth Alder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Menopause and sexuality 190\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLorraine Dennerstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Living on the edge: Women with learning disabilities 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four: Physical Health and Illness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Women living with HIV in Britain 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Squire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Gynaecological cancer 218\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarian Pitts and Eleanor Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Cervical screening 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Fish and Sue Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Breast cancer: A feminist perspective 230\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSue Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Partner support for women with breast cancer: A process analysis approach 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy Pistrang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Chronic pelvic pain 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarian Pitts, Linda McGowan and David Clark Carter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Women and somatic distress 249\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnnemarie Kolk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Five: Reproductive Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 ‘PMS research: Balancing the personal with the political’ 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqueline Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 What does systems theory have to do with premenstrual complaints? 266\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWendy Vanselow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Menstrual cycle and eating behavior 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouise Dye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Hormones and behavior: Cognition, menstruation and menopause 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn T. E. Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Sex hormones as biocultural actors: Rethinking biology, sexual difference and health 283\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCelia Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Reproduction: A critical analysis 290\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol A. Morse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Pregnancy: A healthy state? 296\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHarriet Gross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Screening: A critique 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaeve Ennis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Childbirth 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane J. Weaver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Motherhood and mothering 312\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnne Woollett and Harriette Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Competing explanations of postpartum depression: What are the benefits to women? 320\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula Nicolson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Deconstructing ‘Hysterectomized Women’: A materio-discursive approach 329\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePippa Dell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The experience of abortion: A contextualist view 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Boyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Six: Bodies and Body Image\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Body image 356\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Grogan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Anorexia nervosa 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Malson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Looking good and feeling good: Why do fewer women than men exercise? 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrecilla Y. L. Choi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Gender, culture and eating disorders 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMervat Nasser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Women with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCelia Kitzinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Transgender issues 394\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLouise K. Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Seven: Mental Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Understanding depression in women: Limitations of mainstream approaches and a material-discursive alternative 405\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet M. Stoppard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Women’s narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems: A bicultural project from Aotearoa\/New Zealand 415\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHilary Lapsley, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Rosanne Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Women, stress and work: Exploring the boundaries 423\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca Lawthom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 The socio-political context of abortion and its relationship to women’s mental health 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Denious and Nancy Felipe Russo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Women and psychosis 440\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmmanuelle Peters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Women and dementia: From Stigma towards celebrations 447\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKate Allen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 The experience of childhood sexual abuse: A psychological perspective of adult female survivors in terms of their personal accounts, therapy, and growth 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristine D. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Psychodynamic psychotherapy 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Sayers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Self-psychology 465\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Gibbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Eight: The Health of Older Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Representations of menopause and women at midlife 470\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntonia C. Lyons and Christine Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Psychological well-being in aging women 476\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Gannon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 The paradox of older women’s health 485\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRosemary Leonard and Ailsa Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Working with older women: Developments in clinical psychology 489\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrances J. Baty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 497\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e'Brillant! This exciting collection should be on the bookshelf and reading list of everyone concerned with women's health issues. It can only be hoped that the ground-breaking work presented here will be as widely read and taught as it richly deserves to be.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessor Valerie Walkerdine, Centre for Critical Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This volume provides a comprehensive and confident treatment of this vast and vital topic ... In this book the psychology of women's health has come of age.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Wendy Hollway, School of Psychology, University of Leeds\u003c\/p\u003e The editor, \u003cb\u003eJane Ussher\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Centre for Critical Psychology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and has published widely in the field of the Psychology of Women. She was a member of the group that founded the Psychology of Women Section of The British Psychological Society, acting as its honorary secretary from 1988-1991, and chair from 1991-1992. She is also editor of the Routledge Women and Psychology series. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Psychology of the Female Body \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 1989),\u003ci\u003e Women's Madness: Misogyny or Mental Illness \u003c\/i\u003e(Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991) and \u003ci\u003eFantasies of Femininity: Reframing the Boundaries of Sex \u003c\/i\u003e(Penguin, 1997). Covering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground-breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women's health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide-ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eanorexia nervosa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emenstruation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esexual abuse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebreast cancer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esexual violence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edrug abuse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emenopause\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eself-harm\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esexual health\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eharassment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econtraception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edisability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen with HIV\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003escreening\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eabortion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epregnancy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emotherhood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexercise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003etransgender issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eeating disorders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003estress in the workplace\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edementia\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebody image\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edepression\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on contributions from the UK, USA, Australia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Eire and Canada, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen's Health\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e aims to be a source book for information, to provoke debate and to assert the importance of 'the woman question' in considerations of health. This authoritative and extensive collection represents a major contribution to contemporary developments in the field of women's health.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990500819173,"sku":"NP9781854333087","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781854333087.jpg?v=1761788079","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/womens-health-isbn-9781854333087","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}