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The Role of Women’s Health Centers in Improving Access and Process of Care

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Coronary Disease in Women

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Abstract

The origins of the broadly based interest in women’s health issues can be traced to three main causes:

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    The emergence of women into more prominent societal, professional, and public service roles.

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    Significant advances in the scientific fields of reproductive medicine, endocrine physiology and pharmacology, and diagnostic technology.

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    The recognition by public and private health care payers that women’s health is big business.

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  1. Susan Kendig RNC, MSN, WHCNP
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  2. D. Douglas Miller MD, CM, MBA, FACC, FRCP(c)
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  1. Outcomes Research, American Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Leslee J. Shaw PhD

  2. Division of Cardiology, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Rita F. Redberg MD, FACC

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Kendig, S., Miller, D.D. (2004). The Role of Women’s Health Centers in Improving Access and Process of Care. In: Shaw, L.J., Redberg, R.F. (eds) Coronary Disease in Women. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-645-4_23

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