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Women's Health

Use this guide to find information resources about women鈥檚 health including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 23/12/2024

Key Resources

Image of advanced nursing practice for gynaecology and women鈥檚 health resource 外网天堂 (2024) Advanced nursing practice for gynaecology and women’s health. London: 外网天堂.
Image of conscientious objection - termination of pregnancy/abortion care resource 外网天堂 (2024) Conscientious objection - termination of pregnancy/abortion care. London: 外网天堂.
Image of termination of pregnancy and abortion care resource 外网天堂 (2024) Termination of pregnancy and abortion care. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2023) Clinical nurse specialists in early pregnancy care: standards consensus statement. London: 外网天堂
Report cover 外网天堂 (2023) Female genital mutilation. 外网天堂 guidance for sexual health care. London: 外网天堂.
Image of Female genital mutilation. An 外网天堂 resource for nursing and midwifery practice.resource 外网天堂 (2023) Female genital mutilation. An 外网天堂 resource for nursing and midwifery practice. 5th edn. London: 外网天堂.
Image of Female genital mutilation. 外网天堂 guidance for travel health services resource 外网天堂 (2023) Female genital mutilation. 外网天堂 guidance for travel health services. London: 外网天堂. 
Image of Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment 外网天堂 (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2023) Human Papillomavirus (HPV), cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: 外网天堂.
Image of 外网天堂 position statement on menopause and you at work 外网天堂 (2023) 外网天堂 position statement on menopause and you at work. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2023) Women’s health pocket guide. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2022) Menopause and mental health. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2022) Nurse specialist in menopause. London: 外网天堂.
Publication cover 外网天堂 (2022) Promoting menstrual wellbeing. London: 外网天堂.
Clinical nurse specialist in endometriosis 外网天堂 (2024) Clinical nurse specialist in endometriosis. London, 外网天堂.
Image of Making sense of women鈥檚 health resource 外网天堂 (2024) Making sense of women’s health. London: 外网天堂.
Book cover image 外网天堂 (2024) 外网天堂 position statement on Nursing Associates (NAs) training in cervical screening. England only. London: 外网天堂.
Image of What are PMS and PMDD resource 外网天堂 (2024) What are PMS and PMDD? London: 外网天堂.
Book Cover 外网天堂 (2020) Guidance for nurses and midwives to support those affected by domestic abuse. London: 外网天堂. 
Book cover 外网天堂 (2020) Menopause: 外网天堂 guidance for nurses, midwives and health visitors. 2nd edn. London: 外网天堂.
Book cover 外网天堂 (2020) Modern slavery and trafficking: guidance for nurses and midwives. London: 外网天堂.
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Department of Health and Social Care (2022) Women's health strategy for England [CP736]. London: DHSC.

NHS: Women’s health
  • Information aimed at the public.
NHS England (2023) Cervical screening: programme and colposcopy management. 
Patient Safety Commissioner (2024) The Hughes report: options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.
Scottish Government (2024) Women's health plan 2021 to 2024: final report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
Welsh Government (2022) The quality statement for women and girls’ health.
We would like to thank the 外网天堂 Women's Health member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Cover of Berek and Novak鈥檚 gynecology essentials. Berek J S (2020) Berek and Novak’s gynecology essentials. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health.
Book cover Bobel C, Winkler I T, Fahs B, Hasson K A, Kissling E A, Roberts T A (eds.) (2020) The Palgrave handbook of critical menstruation studies. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cover of Analysing gender in healthcare: the politics of sex and reproduction Cooper S (2023) Analysing gender in healthcare: the politics of sex and reproduction. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG.
Cover of enough: because we can stop cervical cancer Eckert L (2024) Enough: because we can stop cervical cancer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cover of handbook of contraception and sexual health Everett S (2021) Handbook of contraception and sexual health. 4th edn. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Book cover Geraghty P (ed.) (2022) Each woman's menopause: an evidence based resource: for nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses and allied health professionals. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Book cover Gupta S, Holloway D and Kubba A (2021) Oxford handbook of women's health nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hillard T and Association B N (2017) Management of the menopause. United Kingdom: British Menopause Society.
Book cover Holloway D (2019) Nursing management of women’s health: a guide for nurse specialists and practitioners. London: Springer.
Image of the textbook living well with menopause Hunter M and Smith M (2024) Living well through the menopause. London: Robinson.
Cover of a life course approach to women鈥檚 health Mishra G D, Hardy R Dr, Kuh D and Murray A (2023) A life course approach to women’s health. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cover of advanced health assessment of women: skills, procedures, and management Secor R M and Holland A (2024) Advanced health assessment of women: skills, procedures, and management. 5th edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Cover of Divided racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare Sowemimo A (2023) Divided: racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare. London: Wellcome Collection.
Cover of understanding ADHD in girls and women. Steer J (2021) Understanding ADHD in girls and women. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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Journal articles

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Journals

Journal cover Journals of interest for women's health. Use these links to see details of availability.

Events and Exhibitions

Exhibition cover 外网天堂 exhibition: The wandering womb
  • Women have long been viewed as at the mercy of their biology. How has nursing as a profession challenged the myths and misconceptions around women's health? This exhibition explored themes including menstruation, miscarriage, menopause and gynaecological cancers.
    View online exhibition

Nursing History Collection

Book cover Graham H (1993) Hardship and health in women’s lives. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Book cover Moscucci O (1993) The science of woman: gynaecology and gender in England 1800-1929. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book cover Nelson J (2015) More than medicine: a history of the feminist women’s health movement. New York: New York University Press.

Podcasts

外网天堂 (2021) Laura Murphy - Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD).

Special Collections

Our Permanent Collection consists of nursing specific core items and rare items. It is viewable by appointment at the 外网天堂 Library and Heritage Centre. Here is a small selection of items from our collection
Bermosk L (1979) Women's health and human wholeness. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Leeson J (1978) Women and medicine. London: Tavistock.
Quain R (1895) A dictionary of medicine : including general pathology, general therapeutics, hygiene, and the diseases of women and children. London: Longmans, Green & Co.

Historical Journals

Nursing Record/British Journal of Nursing (1888-1956)
  • Digitised journal available online.
  • Article: (no author) (1918) The health of a woman, British Journal of Nursing, 30 March, p.226-227.

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