Where There is no Doctor

Where Women Have No Doctor:

A Health Guide for Women

A. August Burns
Ronnie Lovich
Jane Maxwell
Katherine Shapiro

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Cover, Front Matter, Table of Contents, and Chapter 1
Chapter 2 - Solving Health Problems
Chapter 3 - The Medical System
Chapter 4 - Understanding Our Bodies
Chapter 5 - Health Concerns of Girls
Chapter 6 - Pregnancy and Childbirth
Chapter 7 - Breastfeeding
Chapter 8 - Growing Older
Chapter 9 - Women With Disabilities
Chapter 10 - Staying Healthy
Chapter 11 - Eating for Good Health
Chapter 12 - Sexual Health
Chapter 13 - Family Planning
Chapter 14 - Infertility
Chapter 15 - Abortion and Complications of Abortion
Chapter 16 - Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 17 - HIV, AIDS
Chapter 18 - Violence Against Women
Chapter 19 - Rape and Sexual Assault
Chapter 20 - Sex Workers
Chapter 21 - Pain in the Lower Abdomen
Chapter 22 - Abnormal Bleeding from the Vagina
Chapter 23 - Problems of the Urine System
Chapter 24 - Cancer and Growths
Chapter 25 - Tuberculosis
Chapter 26 - Work
Chapter 27 - Mental Health
Chapter 28 - Alcohol and Other Drugs
Chapter 29 - Refugees and Displaced Women
Chapter 30 - Female Genital Cutting
Chapter 31 - Use of Medicines in Women's Health
Index
Health Care Skills
Table of Medicines
Vocabulary
Where to Get More Information