Menopause & perimenopause

Talking to your partner about menopause — References & further reading

1 Barbach, L. 1993. The Pause: Positive Approaches to Premenopause and Menopause. NY: Penguin, 209–210.

2 Cherry, S., & Runowicz, C. 1994. The Menopause Book: A Guide to Health and Well-Being for Women. NY: Macmillan, 29.

3 Cook, F. 2007. Female menopause: How your husband deals with menopause. Menopause answers. URL: http://searchwarp.com/swa262258.htm (accessed 04.28.2008).

4 The Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN). 2006. Menopause. URL: www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/menopause.html (accessed 05.05.2008).

5 Cromie, W. 1998. Why women live longer than men. Harvard U. Gazette. URL: http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/10.01/WhyWomenLiveLon.html (accessed 05.19.2008).

6 Cohen, S., et al. 2003. Emotional style and susceptibility to the common cold. Psychosom. Med., 65 (4), 652-657. URL: http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/full/65/4/652 (accessed 05.16.2008).

7 Umberson, D., et al. You make me sick: Marital quality and health over the life course. J. Health Soc. Behav., 47 (1), 1–16. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16583772 (accessed 05.16.2008).

8 Torpy, J. 2007. Women’s sexual concerns after menopause. JAMA, 297 (6), 664. URL: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/297/6/664 (accessed 05.16.2008).

9 Avis, N., et al. 2000. Is there an association between menopause status and sexual functioning? Menopause, 7 (5), 297–309. URL: http://works.bepress.com/crawfords/3/ (accessed 05.16.2008).

  Hartmann, U., et al. 2004. Low sexual desire in midlife and older women: Personality factors, psychosocial development, present sexuality. Menopause, 11 (6), 726–740. URL (abstract): http://www.menopausejournal.com/pt/re/menopause/abstract.00042192-200411061-00005.htm (accessed 05.16.2008).

10 Deeks, A., & McCabe, M. 2001. Sexual function and the menopausal woman: The importance of age and partner’s sexual functioning. J. Sex Res.. URL: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_3_38/ai_82013893/pg_2 (accessed 04.29.2008)

  Koster, A., & Garde, K. 1993. Sexual desire and menopausal development. A prospective study of Danish women born in 1936. Maturitas, 16 (1), 49-60. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8429803 (accessed 05.19.2008).

11 Rosenblum, L. 2007. Third Age: Sex after menopause. URL: http://www.thirdage.com/ebsco/files/14512.html (accessed 05.19.2008).

12 Bancroft, J., et al. 2003. Distress about sex: A national survey of women in heterosexual relationships. Arch. Sex Behav., 32 (3), 193-208. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12807292 (accessed 05.19.2008).

 

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Original Publication Date: 06/23/2008
Last Modified: 02/16/2010
Principal Author: Marcella Sweet

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