Women's Health
For most
women, the concept of Women’s Health is as follows: I live my life and do
many things to myself (or allow them to be done to me); then, there is a place I
go for evaluation and treatment—where I go for help when I am having trouble.
Often, these are seen as two separate and disparate processes, when in fact, the
one informs the other.
Women
frequently mistreat themselves and/or are mistreated; then they may go to a
medical center, doctor, or other treatment facility where they may well continue
the process of mis-treatment. The healthcare system may actually intentionally
mistreat the woman, based on her insurance limitations, social status,
education, or lack thereof.
Education in healthcare is
fundamental to a woman’s understanding of her own needs. “The majority of
primary care physicians concur with the preventive care guidelines issued by the
1996 United States Preventive Services Task Force, and agree that it is their
responsibility to deliver preventive care services.
However, actual adoption of the guidelines into practice has been slow and
inadequate” ((Mirand, Beehler, Kuo, & Mahoney, 2003). While Yarnell, Pollak,
Ostbye, Krause, and Michener (2003) determined that 7.4 hours of preventive
education should be performed per day in the average medical practice, this is
not being done because of insurance costs and time constraints. Do you have a
healthcare provider who will take the time to teach? Do you take the time to
learn?
A WOMAN’S
HEALTH DEPENDS ON HERSELF. We are all unfinished selves, in the process of
self-discovery and self-creation. Our physical, spiritual, and psychological
aspects all need growth, nurturing, and self-care. Our obligation is to build ourselves, and this
means, with no equivocation, that we are responsible for what happens to us,
based upon our own choices.
Each of us
chooses to acknowledge our needs and wants within the framework of our own lives
and lifestyles. We choose the lives we build, no matter what others do to
influence that choice. So, with our health, we choose to be responsible for our
bodies, our mental, spiritual, and emotional health, what we ingest, how we live….or, we act
blindly and stumble into a healthcare center/office and submit to medical
interventions when we are no longer well.
At Discovery, we offer:
-Well Woman's Care
-Psychoneuroimmunology for
Infertility and High Risk Pregnancies
-Adjunctive and Natural
Treatment for Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancers, Obesity
-Treatment for Women
through the LifeSpan
-Education for Healthy
Sexuality
-Therapies for Menopause
Scheduling is easy! Call or email today:
601-467-0041
E-mail: info@drkathleenquinn.com
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