Our bodies, ourselves for the new century : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective. - Newly revised and updated - New York : Simon & Schuster, 1998. - 780 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

TAKING CARE OF OURSELVES
1. Body Image .
2. Food
3. Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Mood-Altering Drugs
4. Women in Motion
5. Holistic Health and Healing: Navigating Your Way to Better Health
6. Our Emotional Well-Being: Psychotherapy in Context”) By Nancy
7. Environmental and Occupational Health
8. Violence Against Women
II RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY
Introduction: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
9. Working Toward Mutuality: Our Relationships with Men
10. Relationships with Women
11. Sexuality
Ill SEXUAL HEALTH AND CONTROLLING OUR FERTILITY
Introduction: Deciding Whether to Have Children
12. Understanding Our Bodies: Sexual Anatomy, Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle
14. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
15. HIV, AIDS, and Women
16. Unplanned Pregnancies: Finding Out You’re Pregnant and Deciding What to Do
17. Abortion
18. Assisted Low-Tech and High-Tech Reproductive Technologies
IV CHILD-BEARING
Introduction,
19. Pregnancy
20. Childbirth
21. Postpartum
22. Child-bearing Loss, Infertility, and Adoption
V KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
23. Women Growing Older
24. Selected Medical Practices, Problems, and Procedures
25. The Politics of Women’s Health and Medical Care
26. The Global Politics of Women and Health
27. Organizing for Change: U.S.A.



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Women--Health and hygiene.
Women--Diseases.
Women--Psychology.

WA 309 0934 1998