'When ovaries retire': Contrasting women's experiences with feminist and medical models of menopause

Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-323

  Goldstein, Diane E ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Belief; Folklore; Health support; Internet; Menopause; Perimenopause

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006561720     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345930000400304     Document Type: Article

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