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The purpose of this book is to consider the woman and her health needs in her position in her life cycle, her family, and society. Women have historically been ‘‘the other’’ in medical care. Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson considered women’s development to be deviant from the normal, which was men’s. Although the Greeks Hippocrates and Soranus wrote about women’s medical needs, women’s health concerns have either been considered abnormal, or, traditionally, been condensed to their gynecological functions and disorders, perhaps because these were their only valued functions | Handbook of WOMEN HEALT An evidence-based approach Edited by Jo Ann Rosenfeld Cambridge w j 9780521788335 This page intentionally left blank Handbook of WOMEN S HEALTH An evidence-based approach This practical handbook provides a clear and comprehensive evidence-based primarycare guide to the care of women in ambulatory practice intended for general and family practitioners nurses physicians assistants and all those who practice primary care of women. It emphasizes preventive care and well-woman care throughout the life cycle of a woman including sexuality contraception medical care in pregnancy and psychological and important medical concerns. It stresses the strength of evidence underlying common practices of care of women. It recognizes and pays heed to the cultural social and psychological differences that impact on women s health It conveys a consistently positive message in terms of seeking solutions to women s health care problems and emphasizes preventive health care It provides insightful tips and checklists to highlight women s common health problems and effective evidence-based treatment Suitable for health care workers of all levels and specialties who practice primary care of women Dr. Rosenfeld is a family physician fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed a residency in Family Practice at Case Western University Hospitals Cleveland Ohio. She practiced on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and then became Associate Program Director of the St. Francis Family Practice Residency in Wilmington Delaware. She was Professor of Family Medicine then at East Tennessee State University and Program Director of the Family Practice Residency in Bristol Tennessee. She is author and editor of Women s Health in Primary Care 1997 and coauthor of the American Academy of Family Physicians Quick .