Women Health Care Consumers

Download or read book Women's Health Care written by Carol S. Weisman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1998-04-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because women have different health needs than men, they experience the health care system differently. Women have higher morbidity, experiencing more disease and disability throughout the life span. At the same time, because women live longer, they are more susceptible to late-on-set disease, such as osteoporosis and dementia. Yet until recently, the question of gender equity in U.S. health care has received little attention.