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Encyclopedia of

Women’s Health

Encyclopedia of

Women’s Health

Edited by

Sana Loue, JD, PhD, MPH

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio

and

Martha Sajatovic, MD

University Hospitals of Cleveland

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio

Core Editors

Keith B. Armitage, MD

Linda S. Lloyd, DrPH

University Hospitals of Cleveland

Alliance Healthcare Foundation

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

San Diego, California

Cleveland, Ohio

Deanna Dahl-Grove, MD

Margaret L. MacKenzie, MD

Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital

Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Siran M. Koroukian, PhD

Angela Pattatucci Aragon, PhD

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Graduate School of Public Health

Cleveland, Ohio

University of Puerto Rico

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Merrill S. Lewen, MD

Alicia M. Weissman, MD

Huntington Memorial Hospital

Crystal Run Healthcare

Pasadena, California

Middletown, New York

Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers

New York

Boston

Dordrecht

London

Moscow

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Encyclopedia of women’s health / edited by Sana Loue and Martha Sajatovic.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-306-48073-5

1. Women—Health and hygiene—Encyclopedias. 2. Women—Diseases—Encyclopedias.

I. Loue, Sana. II. Sajatovic, Martha.

RA778.E5825 2004

613 .04244—dc22

2003064026

ISBN 0-306-48073-5

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Preface

The field of “women’s health” is not a solitary discipline. Women’s health consists,

instead, of knowledge and expertise of professionals in many disciplines who work

together to improve women’s health status. Accordingly, the Encyclopedia of

Women’s Health brings together the knowledge and experience of professionals

from a wide range of fields including medicine, law, psychology, social work,

demography, education, epidemiology, dentistry, cosmetology, massage, nutrition,

physical fitness, history, and many others. This broad foundation allows us to

explore women’s health from a biopsychosocial perspective, and to consider the

many facets of women’s health and the many factors that impact women’s health

status. This text is intended as a reference both for nonhealth professionals who

wish to have a more in-depth understanding of various topics, and for health profes-

sionals searching for an introduction to fields outside of their own.

The first portion of the Encyclopedia serves as an introduction to the study of

women’s health. It includes an in-depth examination of various foundational

aspects of women’s health, including the history of women’s health, women in the

health professions, the impact of work on women’s health, and women’s role in

providing health care to others. The second portion of the Encyclopedia is orga-

nized alphabetically by entry. These entries focus on all aspects of women’s health,

from medicine, to legal issues, to history, to beauty, to complementary and alter-

native approaches to health. The information that is presented is meant to be prac-

tical and informative. Each entry is followed by a list of suggested readings, as well

as a listing of resources available on the Internet and elsewhere. We trust that you

will find these pages both exciting and informative in their depth and coverage.

S ANA L OUE

M ARTHA S AJATOVIC

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