Women's health : the Commonwealth Fund survey /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Commonwealth Fund
Other Authors: Falik, Marilyn, Collins, Karen Scott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1996]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Socioeconomic circumstances
  • Poverty, access to health care, and Medicaid's critical role for women
  • Employment and women's health
  • Health insurance and women's access to health care
  • Conclusion: moving forward--evolving an agenda on women's health.
  • Care-seeking behaviors
  • Women's use of health care
  • Women's use of preventive health services
  • Gender and patterns of physician-patient communication
  • African American women: social factors and the use of preventive health services
  • Latino women: health status and access to health care
  • Midlife women: health care patterns and choices
  • Older women: health status, knowledge, and behavior
  • Behavioral well-being
  • Depression and self-esteem among women
  • Violence and abuse: implications for women's health.