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Towards a Psychology of Women’s Health and Health Care

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The Psychology of Women’s Health and Health Care

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Gender is inescapable. It is probably the most important determinant of any individual’s life experience. For the two sexes exist in different social worlds with widely divergent pressures, rewards and expectations. In many areas of life there is no truly human experience. There is only female experience and male experience. (Rohrbaugh, 1981, pp. 3-4)

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  1. University of Sheffield, UK

    Paula Nicolson (Lecturer in Medical Psychology)

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    Paula Nicolson (Lecturer in Medical Psychology) (Lecturer in Medical Psychology)

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    Jane Ussher (Lecturer in Psychology) (Lecturer in Psychology)

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Nicolson, P. (1992). Towards a Psychology of Women’s Health and Health Care. In: Nicolson, P., Ussher, J., Campling, J. (eds) The Psychology of Women’s Health and Health Care. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12028-4_2

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