Record Display for the EPA National Library Catalog

RECORD NUMBER: 6 OF 21

Main Title Our bodies, ourselves : a new edition for a new era /
Publisher Simon & Schuster,
Year Published 2005
OCLC Number 57283896
ISBN 0743256115; 9780743256117
Subjects Women--Health and hygiene ; Women--Diseases ; Women--Psychology ; Gynecology ; Self Concept ; Sexual Behavior ; Women's Health ; Gynecology--Popular Works ; Self Concept--Popular Works ; Sexual Behavior--Popular Works ; Women--psychology--Popular Works ; Women's Health--Popular Works
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2004065374-d.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2004065374-s.html
Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2004065374-s.html
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2004065374-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2004065374-d.html
Publisher description http://mutex.gmu.edu/login?url=http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2004065374-d.html
Sample text http://mutex.gmu.edu/login?url=http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2004065374-s.html
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
EKBM  RA778.N49 2005 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 03/02/2007
Edition 35th anniversary ed.
Collation xiv, 832 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes
"A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Taking care of ourselves -- 1. Body image -- 2. Eating well -- 3. Alcohol, tobacco, and other mood-altering drugs -- 4. Our bodies in motion -- 5. Complementary health practices -- 6. Emotional well-being -- 7. Environmental and occupational health -- 8. Violence and abuse -- Relationships and sexuality -- 9. Gender identity and sexual orientation -- 10. Relationships with men -- 11. Relationships with women -- 12. Sexuality -- Sexual health -- 13. Sexual anatomy, reproduction, and the menstrual cycle -- 14. Safer sex -- 15. Sexually transmitted infections -- 16. HIV and AIDS -- Reproductive choices -- 17. Considering parenting -- 18. Birth control -- 19. Unexpected pregnancy -- 20. Abortion -- Childbearing -- 21. Pregnancy -- 22. Childbirth -- 23. The first year of parenting -- 24. Childbearing loss -- 25. Infertility and assisted reproduction -- Growing older -- 26. Midlife and menopause -- 27. Our later years -- Medical problems and procedures -- 28. Unique to women -- 29. Special concerns for women -- Knowledge is power -- 30. Navigating the health care system -- 31. The politics of women's health -- 32. Organizing for change -- Glossary -- Resources. Includes information on abortion, abuse, adolescent girls, aging, alcoholism, black women, breast cancer, breast feeding, breasts, cancer, cervix, cesarean sections, clitoris, clitoridectomy, complementary health practices, condoms, cramps, depression, diabetes, diets, women with disabilities, drugs, eating disorders, environmental and occupational health, estrogen, food, hormones, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, infertility, IUDs, labor, lesbians, masturbation, menopause, menstrual cycle, menstruation, miscarriage, Native Americans, orgasms, pelvic inflammatory disease, penis, pesticides, poverty, racism, rape, sexuality transmitted infections (STIs), sexual orientation, smoking, support groups, vagina, violence, women of color, etc.