Format:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781849640503
Content:
Compares women's menopausal experiences in Australia and the Philippines, revealing how cultural attitudes affect women's experience of ageing.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Menopause and Medicalisation -- PHYSICAL DISCOMFORTS -- PSYCHOLOGICAL DISCOMFORTS -- PSYCHOSEXUAL DISCOMFORTS -- CONCEPTS OF PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING -- THE POWER OF MEDICINE -- THE IMPACT OF LIFE EVENTS ON MENOPAUSE -- 2. The Quick- fix Controversy -- PHYSIOLOGY AT MENOPAUSE -- ETIOLOGY: THE ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY VIEW -- THE MARKETING OF MENOPAUSE -- MEDICAL ADVANCES: STEERING HRT TOWARDS THE NEW MILLENNIUM -- THE PREVENTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS -- THE PREVENTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE -- HORMONES FOREVER -- 3. Menopause Across Cultures -- THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEW OF MENOPAUSE -- ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH -- CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH -- DIRECTION FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH -- 4. Conceptualising Culture -- BELIEFS ABOUT WOMEN'S ROLES -- BELIEFS ABOUT THE BODY -- BELIEFS ABOUT AGEING -- 5. Physical and Psychological Menopause Experiences -- QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS -- INTERVIEW RESULTS -- DIFFERENCES IN MENOPAUSE EXPERIENCES -- THE MANAGEMENT OF MENOPAUSE -- EFFECTS OF MENOPAUSE ON LIFESTYLE -- THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION -- 6. The Sociocultural Mediation of Menopause -- SOCIO-HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: AUSTRALIA -- SOCIO-HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: PHILIPPINES -- BELIEFS ABOUT WOMEN'S ROLES -- BELIEFS ABOUT THE BODY -- BELIEFS ABOUT AGEING -- 7. Analysing Menopause: A Change for the Better -- A COMPARISON OF MENOPAUSE PROFILES -- WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGEING -- HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY -- REDEFINING MENOPAUSE -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Abortion 62-3 -- Ageism 82 -- Albright, Fuller 30 -- Alternative therapies 105-6 -- Australian history 113-14 -- Beauty treatments 75-6 -- Beliefs about -- ageing 157-61 -- ageing 164-6 -- ageing 168-9 -- ageing 174-5 -- beauty 151-7 -- beauty 167 -- beauty 173 -- sexuality and reproduction 51.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745314884
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780745314884
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3386090
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