Women's Health

Christina Lee is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

The Social Context of Women's Health PART ONE: IT'S YOUR HORMONES, DEAR Premenstrual Syndrome Is Anatomy Destiny After All? Postpartum Depression The Sorrows of Motherhood Menopause `What Can You Expect, At Your Age?' PART TWO: EVERY WOMAN'S DESTINY Childlessness by Chance or Choice Personal Tragedy or Social Deviance Fertility Control Choosing Motherhood `I'm Just a Mum' PART THREE: WOMEN AND WORK: A WOMAN'S WORK IS NEVER DONE Paid Work and Domestic Labour The Double Shift Family Caregiving Angel in the House PART FOUR: PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW: WOMEN AS OBJECTS IN A MALE LANDSCAPE Unsightly Fat Eating, Weight and Beauty Something To Look Forward To Women and Ageing Lesbian Women Resistance and Redefinition PART FIVE Making a Difference Feminist Approaches to Research in the Psychology of Women's Health

`Women's Health has a great deal to offer students, academics and practitioners in health and clinical psychology, as well as people working in women's studies, sociology and social work. It is a thought-provoking text which left me feeling invigorated about carrying out research in this field' - Journal of Health Psychology `This will be a useful source book for health psychology students and those in health professions who are interested in a social and feminist approach to health' - British Journal of Health Psychology `Women's Health: Psychological and Social Perspectives has a great deal to offer students, academics and practitioners in health and clinical psychology, as well as people working in women's studies, sociology, and social work. It is a thought-provoking text which left me feeling invigorated about carrying out research in this field. Furthermore, it demonstrates how valuable feminist, social constructionist approaches are in identifying those social and cultural factors that influence women's lives, women's health, and more broadly, research into these topics.' - Journal of Health Psychology `This book will be a very useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate health science students. It is very well written and structured making it easily accessible' - Journal of Infant and Reproductive Psychology