Women's Health
Use this guide to find information resources about women’s health including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
16/05/2024
Key Resources
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Department of Health and Social Care (2022) Women's health strategy for England [CP736]. London: DHSC.
NHS England (2023) Cervical screening: programme and colposcopy management.
Patient Safety Commissioner (2024) The Hughes report: options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.
Royal College of Nursing (2024) Advanced nursing practice for gynaecology and women’s health. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for travel health services. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2021) Making sense of women’s health. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2023) RCN position statement on menopause and you at work. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2024) Termination of pregnancy and abortion care. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2021) What are PMS and PMDD? London: RCN.
Scottish Government (2021) Women's health plan: a plan for 2021-2024. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
Welsh Government (2022) The quality statement for women and girls’ health.
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Royal College of Nursing (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.
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NHS: Women’s health
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We would like to thank the RCN Women's Health member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
![Cover of Berek and Novak’s gynecology essentials.](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Berek-gynecology-essentials.jpg?h=199&w=140&la=en&hash=A49BC0D6FAD39982BD8FC9B4A06D2B97)
![Book cover](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Bobel-Palgrave-handbook.png?h=211&w=140&la=en&hash=09B537A201E3F5828E9C642724E63DDC)
![Cover of Analysing gender in healthcare: the politics of sex and reproduction](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Cooper-Analysing-gender-in-healthcare.jpg?h=197&w=140&la=en&hash=7A87BC8979BF504F2A181FD7AE5D84EE)
![Cover of enough: because we can stop cervical cancer](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Eckert-Enough.jpg?h=217&w=140&la=en&hash=C389037AE86B79F2C6251164B5A475E2)
![Cover of handbook of contraception and sexual health](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Everett-Handbook-of-contraception.jpg?h=218&w=140&la=en&hash=D5AA3F0FCC7B45335F28E4696BDFA07A)
![Book cover](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Geraghty-Each.jpg?h=212&w=140&la=en&hash=BDF406674E85E2D8CB8E7772072E3576)
![Book cover](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Gupta-Oxford-handbook-of-womens-health-nursing.jpg?h=251&w=140&la=en&hash=C10C628CBF418E9B6A0C371645A6E843)
![Cover of a life course approach to women’s health](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Mishra-A-life-course-approach-to-womens-health.jpg?h=200&w=140&la=en&hash=134699D22CFC312C0E8CDF6D792B4FC2)
![Cover of advanced health assessment of women: skills, procedures, and management](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Secor-Advanced-health-assessment-of-women.jpg?h=199&w=140&la=en&hash=D399A0C75FD2F921B6410FCE26008CCA)
![Cover of Divided racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Sowemimo-Divided.jpg?h=215&w=140&la=en&hash=3C6501137F35D46047893326D3BED506)
![Cover of understanding ADHD in girls and women.](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Steer-Understanding-ADHD-in-girls-and-women.jpg?h=210&w=140&la=en&hash=8CA38544C153FB23D6FC5F03E0E4F518)
Book subject searches
Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.
Journal articles
Use these links to see details of journal articles on each topic.
Journals
![British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Journals/BJOG.jpg?h=186&w=140&la=en&hash=098478332525D10C84CC97D5D38E2758)
Events and Exhibitions
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Women have long been viewed as at the mercy of their biology. How has nursing as a profession challenged the myths and misconceptions around women's health? This exhibition explored themes including menstruation, miscarriage, menopause and gynaecological cancers.
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Nursing History Collection
![Book cover](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Graham-Hardship-and-health-in-womens-lives.jpg?h=224&w=140&la=en&hash=9D81DDFFE38B4427CC741A7FD255202A)
![Book cover](https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/-/media/Royal-College-Of-Nursing/Images/Books-140x200/Womens-Health/Moscucci-The-science-of-woman.jpg?h=209&w=140&la=en&hash=0BD4CF1CB36C80859D062C5ADD37BA76)
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Podcasts
Royal College of Nursing (2021) Laura Murphy - Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD).
Past Caring
Special Collections
Our Permanent Collection consists of nursing specific core items and rare items. It is viewable by appointment at the RCN Library and Heritage Centre. Here is a small selection of items from our collection
Bermosk L (1979) Women's health and human wholeness. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Leeson J (1978) Women and medicine. London: Tavistock.
Quain R (1895) A dictionary of medicine : including general pathology, general therapeutics, hygiene, and the diseases of women and children. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
Historical Journals
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Abigail Kleboe
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Upcoming events relating to this subject guide
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Page last updated - 16/05/2024