Women's Health - History
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

A historical perspective of the women's health nurse practitioner.

30 Aug 2009 There are more than 12,000 women's health nurse practitioners (WHNPs) currently certified by the National Certification Corporation (NCC) and practicing in a wide range of roles. The purpose of this article is to describe the historical development ... Read more...

Reflections on societal change, adjustments, and responses.

30 Mar 2009 Building on Davis (1963) and subsequent work, we propose a conceptual framework that provides a guide for the organization of empirical demographic research. Our approach is based on the notion that changes in nuptiality, fertility, and migration ... Read more...

Women, dowries, and patrimonial law in old regime Romania (c. 1750-1830).

30 Mar 2009 This study explores the legal aspects of dowry provision in the Romanian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in the period 1750-1830. Drawing on the period's law codes, dowry papers, testaments, and court records, it highlights the legal and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Women's Health - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• A historical perspective of the women's health nurse practitioner. 30 Aug 2009
• [Artistic representations of the care of homeless women] 29 Jun 2009
• Female patients and practitioners in medieval Islam. 7 May 2009
• Reflections on societal change, adjustments, and responses. 30 Mar 2009
• Women, dowries, and patrimonial law in old regime Romania (c. 1750-1830). 30 Mar 2009
• Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Festus G. Mogae, former president of the Republic of Botswana: accepting the Taylor and Francis Award. 27 Feb 2009
• Denis Mukwege: caring for victims of sexual violence in the DRC. 26 Feb 2009
• Status of women in cardiovascular clinical trials. 14 Feb 2009
• Henning Schneider, M.D. 18 Jan 2009
• Women's health in the 21st century. 17 Jan 2009
• White girls: avant-gardism and advertising after 1860. 30 Dec 2008
• "So long as I can read": farm women's reading experiences in Depression-era South Dakota. 30 Dec 2008
• "Not to intrude": a Danish perspective on gender and class in nineteenth-century dairying. 30 Dec 2008
• Telling stories: keeping secrets. 30 Dec 2008
• The intellectual legacy of Mary Neth's work on farm women and rural communities. 30 Dec 2008
• Faith, desire, and sexual identity: Constance Maynard's Atonement for passion. 30 Dec 2008
• Women, the family, and the fate of the nation in American anti-Catholic narratives, 1830-1860. 30 Dec 2008
• Medieval Arab lesbians and lesbian-like women. 30 Dec 2008
• Barnum's brothel: P.T.'s "last great humbug". 30 Dec 2008
• "Look for the moral and sex sides of the problem": investigating Jewishness, desire, and discipline at Macy's Department Store, New York City, 1913. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Women's Health'

Definition: The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.

Descriptor UI: D016387

Alternative terms: Women's Health; Health, Women's; Women Health; Womens Health; Woman's Health; Health, Woman's;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethnology; ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: N01.400.900;

History Note: 91