Menopause : a biocultural perspective /

Menopause is a biological reality for all women in their forties and fifties. Yet the way we think about the cessation of menstruation is influenced by a variety of factors. Cultural and technological influences combine with biology to transform this universal phenomenon into an experience that vari...

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Tác giả chính: Sievert, Lynnette Leidy, 1960-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ©2006.
Loạt:Studies in medical anthropology.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1b4cxkg
Mục lục:
  • Introduction
  • The biological basis of menopause
  • Methods of study
  • Age at menopause
  • The discomforts of menopause
  • Hot flashes
  • Conclusions and future directions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.