HOW TO CARE OLD WOMEN
ISSN: 1756-2228 Home Editors Authors Ambassadors Contact News Search This chapter should be cited as follows: Stenchever, M, Glob. libr. women's med ., (ISSN: 1756-2228) 2008; DOI 10.3843/GLOWM.10081 Under review - Update due 2017 Primary and Preventive Health Care for Older Women Morton A. Stenchever, MD Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washingon INTRODUCTION SCREENING FOR DISEASE REFERENCES INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the twentieth century, life expectancy for women was just over 50 years. Now, thanks to advances in health care, as this century begins women can expect to live, on average, nearly 80 years, and in all likelihood, this life expectancy will increase in the near future. 1 Consequently, women will spend at least one third of their lives in the postme...