A survey of menopause content in BSN curricula.
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E S Carlson
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Androgen therapy for menopausal women.
The cohort of menopausal women has dramatically increased in size. Along with the drop in endogenous estrogen during this transition, there is also a drop in endogenous testosterone. This drop in endogenous testosterone is particularly marked in women experiencing chemical and surgical menopause and can lead to diminished sexual desire and lack of feelings of well-being. The nurse practitioner is in an ideal position to identify these quality-of-life problems and provide appropriate androgen therapy as needed.
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Perspectives on menopause.
Specific assumptions about knowledge lead directly to particular conceptualizations of menopause. The authors analyze the assumptions about menopause from biomedical, sociocultural, and feminist perspectives. In the process, how each perspective shapes research questions, research methodology, and interpretation of findings are discussed. The purpose of this article is to raise nurses' consciousness of consequences of basic philosophical assumptions on studies of menopause and knowledge generation.
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An analysis of menopause in the popular press.
With the increased interest in menopause, it is imperative that midlife women be given reliable information. An analysis of the lay literature on menopause over the past ten years in the United States was conducted in order to determine the content of the articles, their source, and their credibility. Most articles were found to blend opinion with fact, and many of the authors of these articles did not have any stated qualifications in midlife women's health. Physicians, particularly those espousing the medicalization of menopause, were the most often quoted experts, and few nurses or other health care workers were cited as experts. It is suggested that nurses become more involved in health education for midlife women.
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