Health Concerns for Women in the Military
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education
Dr. Ritchie, author of Women at War, discusses the many health issues faced by women in the military. Dr. Ritchie emphasizes the struggles that mothers in the military may encounter through a conversation about menstruation, pregnancy, breast feeding, and contraceptives. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/women-at-war-9780199344536 COL (ret) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH is Professor of Psychiatry at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. © Oxford University Press Image credit: "A U.S. Soldier walks through a tent city...", by MC! Elisandro Diaz, defenseimagery.mil, Wikimedia Commons, 2013
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