This chapter explores the everyday experiences of women living in and passing through the
stages of perimenopause and menopause, a transition that brings both physical change and …

This article contributes to the growing body of knowledge about gendered ageing at work
through an examination of the embodied experiences of women undergoing menopause …

The menopause transition involves bodily-rooted, socially-shaped changes, often in a
context of medicalisation that marginalises people based on their age and gender. With the …

International research and policy interest in resilience has increased enormously during the
last decade. Resilience is now considered to be a valuable asset or resource with which to …

This research extends understandings of women's lived experiences of menopause at work,
as embodied complex gendered aging. Menopause as a type of “dirty” femininity and femme …

Background: Menopause is socially coded as an experience of hormonal change which
threatens the vitality and identity of (cisgender) women in midlife; yet this framing overlooks …

Second-generation Holocaust survivors might not show direct symptoms of posttraumatic
stress disorder or attachment disorganization, but are at risk for developing high levels of …

The symbolic framework guiding primary care physicians'(PCPs) practice is crucial in
shaping the quality of care for those with degenerative dementia. Examining the relationship …

How and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetorical—and harmful—power. In Why
Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch examines why the concept of wellness holds such …

Recent decades have witnessed menopause, an inevitable and natural bodily transition,
come under the purview of the market. Menopausal women are increasingly expected to be …