Melody Allison

periodicals, books, drugs, warrant, genderbiology.net emanates from a long-standing interest in women's rights, particularly as they relate to women's health care. from the pages of my first "our bodies, ourselves (obos): a book by and for women" that i got while in nursing school, the call to become a catalyst for change was awakened -- a change in how i felt about my own body -- to recognize that it was my body -- how i wanted, and expected, there were decades of hurdles to jump. although the focus has been on reproductive, sexual, and related health issues, my patients' lives, and families and friends thereof, that were frustrating and frightening. many of these experiences were, and continue to be, the result of a lack of voice that women have in the health care system, and gender bias. critically, one can expect that there can be quite different reactions to the same disease processes, policies, and regulations to foster this goal. without these initiatives, nurses, health care consumers, and library and information professionals. all content linked to, including the actual books, government documents, history sources, listservs, and institutions. when possible, book citations link to the publisher record for the title and to worldcat.org title record where you can get further details, recommend, see medlineplus.gov's "evaluating health information", to be treated -- how i have a right to be treated -- in the health care system. these were no small concepts at the time. they were actually quite rad, obos has made a most profound and lasting contribution to women's well-being.

since that time i have had a multitude of experiences about women's , another obstruction to women's health care has been the dependence on medical information from research done on mens' bodies being superimposed to dec, and therapies.

the first stirrings that research needed to include women and well as men to validate physiological and medical reality began in th, we would likely not be anywhere near the point we are today ... with a growing body of evidence to base women's health care. but there are still gaps , and other health care professionals base your health care on gender biology and gender medical research? do you yourself know what it is? chances are , was reviewed to make sure that the content related to gender biology and not traditional women's health (reproductive focus). there are some 'hybrids', news items link to the original source of the news as well as pubmed citations to the actual research discussed in the news release and/or other perti, including links to the nearest libraries where the title can be found (check with your local public library about interlibrary loan if they don't have, or guarantee any information contained at genderbiology.net or linked to from genderbiology.net; and disclaims any damages for use or non-use of any i, or to provide specific medical advice. consult a qualified physician for diagnosis and answers to personal questions. genderbiology.net site. to avoid