| Author: | Olga B. A. van den Akker | ISBN: | 9781119967477 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | March 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley | Language: | English |
| Author: | Olga B. A. van den Akker |
| ISBN: | 9781119967477 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | March 23, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley |
| Language: | English |
This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date theoretical and empirical background to the psychology of reproductive health.
- Provides a life span perspective of the psychology of reproductive health and its disorders, from menarche to menopause and reproductive health in older age
- Focuses on issues of the individual's reproductive health experience, including reproduction, pregnancy, maternity, and birth, as well as conditions such as PMDD, dysmenorrhea, and events including pregnancy failure, and abortion
- Acknowledges the wider social context with discussions of poverty, inequality, educational and economic status, age, and urban versus rural access
- Addresses life style related factors, human rights to choice, information and access, fertility control and reproductive health regulation and health care services
- Illustrates topics with empirical data supported with tables and figures
This volume provides a comprehensive, up-to-date theoretical and empirical background to the psychology of reproductive health.
- Provides a life span perspective of the psychology of reproductive health and its disorders, from menarche to menopause and reproductive health in older age
- Focuses on issues of the individual's reproductive health experience, including reproduction, pregnancy, maternity, and birth, as well as conditions such as PMDD, dysmenorrhea, and events including pregnancy failure, and abortion
- Acknowledges the wider social context with discussions of poverty, inequality, educational and economic status, age, and urban versus rural access
- Addresses life style related factors, human rights to choice, information and access, fertility control and reproductive health regulation and health care services
- Illustrates topics with empirical data supported with tables and figures
