BACKGROUND: Women experience disparities in health care delivery and outcomes. Patient-centred care for women (PCCW) is needed. This study examined how PCC has been conceptualized and operationalized in women's health research. METHODS: We…
The current work builds a definition of irritability from both academic definitions and lay perspectives. In Study 1, a quantitative content analysis of academic definitions resulted in eight main content categories (i.e., behaviour, emotio…
This clinical observation report compares hormone use and clinical presentation in a series of middle-aged depressed women before and after publication of the Women's Health Initiative. Depressed women over age 40 seen at a general hospital…
Patients with chronic gynecologic pain are frequently seen by consultation psychiatrists working on gynecologic services. This paper reviews the classification and assessment of chronic gynecologic pain and comments on recent studies of the…