Managing Menopause: An Ethnographic Study of Women's Midlife Information-Seeking and Decision-Making in the Southwest U.S.

In this dissertation, I look to contemporary menopause management in the Southwest, United States, as an ideal case study of the 'real world' negotiation of a widespread contemporary conundrum--characterized by discourses of risk, proliferation of information and choice, chronic doubt, and...

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Main Author: Thompson, Jennifer Jo
Other Authors: Nichter, Mark
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194960