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In Her Own Right:

The Institute of Medicine's Guide to Women's Health Issues

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Size: 240 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1997

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Beryl Lieff Benderly, for the Institute of Medicine
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Front Matter	i-vi
Aniko Gaal Meditation (1979)	1-2	(skim)
1 Why Another Book on Women's Health?	3-12	(skim)
Beatrice Whitney Van Ness Summer Sunlight (ca. 1936)	13-14	(skim)
2 Gender Differences in Health	15-32	(skim)
Joyce Tenneson Kathy (1985)	33-34	(skim)
3 Roots of Difference	35-50	(skim)
Mary Cassatt Sketch of Denise's Daughter (ca. 1905)	51-52	(skim)
4 Health Through the Life Span: The First Two Decades	53-72	(skim)
Mary Cassatt The Bath (1891)	73-74	(skim)
5 Health Through the Life Span: The Reproductive Years	75-102	(skim)
Gabriele Munter Breakfast of the Birds (1934)	103-104	(skim)
6 Health Through the Life Span: Menopause and Beyond	105-116	(skim)
Valentine Henriette Prax The Familty (n.d.)	117-118	(skim)
7 Eating for a Healthy Life	119-150	(skim)
Geneve Rixford Sargeant Portrait of Eleanor (1930)	151-152	(skim)
8 Women in the Health Care System	153-176	(skim)
Linda Hawkin-Israel Women in Law (1985)	177-178	(skim)
9 Research on Womnen, Women in Research	179-206	(skim)
Wendy Fay Dixon Deirdre (1982)	207-208	(skim)
10 Looking Ahead	209-212	(skim)
References	213-216	(skim)
Index	217-230	(skim)

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Much more than a "how to" guide, In Her Own Right translates the finest scholarship on topics of women's health into terms that will help any woman ask the right questions and make the right choices about her health. Talented science writer Beryl Lieff Benderly provides a readable overview of women's health, highlighting the health differences between men and women and examining women's health issues across the life span.

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"A good source of advice and information on how to deal with the changing atmosphere of health care and our ability to cope with it." Melpomene Newsletter

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