New to this Edition- Updated "Viewpoint" and "Her Story" boxes--featuring new information on preventive mastectomies and sex trafficking--help students understand the impact of health issues on other women, while journal activities in every chapter allow students to apply health information to their own lives.
- New sections in the opening chapter--including ones addressing gender disparities in health care, social, political and physical conditions that affect the health of women of color, developmental issues, specifically, health issues and concerns for adolescent females and elderly women, and women of the workforce--better introduce women's health.
- Updated information and statistics--including updated medication statistics, suicide information and statistics, information on alcohol use and dieting and disordered eating, and statistics and figures for STDs--provide students with the latest research.
- New information on designing your reproductive plan includes an updated comparison chart of contraceptives, the addition of cervical mucus method to fertility-based awareness, updated information on Continuous Support Assistants, and new information on unplanned pregnancies, births to unmarried women, cesarean deliveries, and multiple births.
- New sections on Stress, Obesity and Diabetes; Stress and Heart Disease; Stress and Cancer; and Women in Combat (and PTSD) improve the chapter on managing the stress of life.
- New and updated sections in the chapter on Exploring Your Sexual Being address urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, uterine fibroids, and sexual dysfunction.
- Chapter 4, Enhancing Emotional Well-Being includes an expanded section on emotional intelligence, the relocation of the section titled "The Counseling Option" to the beginning of the chapter, and new sections on counseling models, women's grief, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and self-injury.
- Updated resource information includes new references, suggested readings, contact numbers, and suggested websites.
- An updated instructor resource website offer additional teaching materials, including an instructors manual, test bank, and PowerPoint presentations.
- To purchase an electronic eBook version of this title, visit www.CourseSmart.com (ISBN 0-07-730420-9).
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