By Iris F. Litt. 349 pp. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1997. $45 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8047-2828-3 (cloth); 0-8047-3137-3 (paper).
One consequence of the recent focus on women's health in theUnited States has been the widening of the definition of healthto include social interactions, domestic issues, mental health,and reproductive function. Traditionally, women's-health researchhas dealt with either sex differences in specific conditions(e.g., heart disease) or the management of diseases that areunique to or more prevalent among women (e.g., breast cancer).More recently, clinicians wanting to address women's healthneeds fully have learned to assess risk factors for domesticviolence, anxiety, and depression and to be proactive aboutreproductive health by, for example, improving the availability. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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