附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-206) and index.
Menopause and medicalisation -- The quick-fix controversy -- Menopause across cultures -- Conceptualising culture -- Physical and psychological menopause experiences -- The sociocultural mediation of menopause -- Analysing menopause : a change for the better.
摘要:Using case studies from Australia and the Philippines, this volume refutes the notion that menopause is solely a physical condition, and argues that it is influenced by a variety of factors, one of them being culture.