The Health of Women: A Relational Perspective Across the Life Cycle

This book provides an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to womenF s health. Historical, sociocultural, psychological and biophysiologica l aspects of women's development are woven together to provide a compl ete women-centered perspective of health. While several excellent book s in print provide information on diagnosis and treatment of women and address women's growth and development, Lewis and Bernstein strive to fill a void by marrying these perspectives. The book also offers a th orough investigation into the life cycle of women, and the roles of wo men as individuals and members of their communities and cultures.