Women's Health
Use this guide to find information resources about women鈥檚 health including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
17/09/2024
Key Resources
天美传媒 (2024) Advanced nursing practice for gynaecology and women’s health. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2024) Conscientious objection - termination of pregnancy/abortion care. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2024) Termination of pregnancy and abortion care. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for sexual health care. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Female genital mutilation. An RCN resource for nursing and midwifery practice. 5th edn. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Female genital mutilation. RCN guidance for travel health services. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Genital examination in women. A resource for skills development and assessment. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Human Papillomavirus (HPV), cervical screening and cervical cancer. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) RCN position statement on menopause and you at work. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2023) Women’s health pocket guide. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2022) 
天美传媒 (2022) Nurse specialist in menopause. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2022) Promoting menstrual wellbeing. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2021) Clinical nurse specialist in endometriosis. London, RCN.
天美传媒 (2021) Clinical nurse specialist in early pregnancy care. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2021) Making sense of women’s health. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2021) RCN position statement on Registered Nursing Associates (RNAs) training in cervical screening. England only. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2021) What are PMS and PMDD? London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2020) Guidance for nurses and midwives to support those affected by domestic abuse. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2020) Menopause: RCN guidance for nurses, midwives and health visitors. 2nd edn. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2020) Modern slavery and trafficking: guidance for nurses and midwives. London: RCN.
天美传媒 (2020) RCN termination of pregnancy (induced abortion) 2013: position statement. London: RCN.
RCN Learn: Domestic violence and abuse
RCN Learn: Female genital mutilation
RCN Learn: Women's health
RCN Learn: Modern slavery and human trafficking
Department of Health and Social Care (2022) Women's health strategy for England [CP736]. London: DHSC.
NHS: Women’s health
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Information aimed at the public.
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.
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.
We would like to thank the RCN Women's Health member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Berek J S (2020) Berek and Novak’s gynecology essentials. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health. 
Bobel C, Winkler I T, Fahs B, Hasson K A, Kissling E A, Roberts T A (eds.) (2020) The Palgrave handbook of critical menstruation studies. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 
Cooper S (2023) Analysing gender in healthcare: the politics of sex and reproduction. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 
Eckert L (2024) Enough: because we can stop cervical cancer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
Everett S (2021) Handbook of contraception and sexual health. 4th edn. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 
Geraghty P (ed.) (2022) Each woman's menopause: an evidence based resource: for nurse practitioners, advanced practice nurses and allied health professionals. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 
Gupta S, Holloway D and Kubba A (2021) Oxford handbook of women's health nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hillard T and Association B N (2017) Management of the menopause. United Kingdom: British Menopause Society.
Holloway D (2019) Nursing management of women’s health: a guide for nurse specialists and practitioners. London: Springer. 
Hunter M and Smith M (2024) Living well through the menopause. London: Robinson. 
Mishra G D, Hardy R Dr, Kuh D and Murray A (2023) A life course approach to women’s health. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
Secor R M and Holland A (2024) Advanced health assessment of women: skills, procedures, and management. 5th edn. New York: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated. 
Sowemimo A (2023) Divided: racism, medicine and why we need to decolonise healthcare. London: Wellcome Collection. 
Steer J (2021) Understanding ADHD in girls and women. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Book subject searches
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Journal articles
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Journals
Journals of interest for women's health. Use these links to see details of availability. -
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Events and Exhibitions
RCN exhibition: The wandering womb -
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.
View online exhibition
Nursing History Collection
Graham H (1993) Hardship and health in women’s lives. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf. 
Moscucci O (1993) The science of woman: gynaecology and gender in England 1800-1929. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
Nelson J (2015) More than medicine: a history of the feminist women’s health movement. New York: New York University Press. Podcasts
天美传媒 (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
Nursing Record/British Journal of Nursing (1888-1956)
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Digitised journal available online.
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Article: (no author) (1918) The health of a woman, British Journal of Nursing, 30 March, p.226-227.
This subject guide relates to:
Abigail Kleboe
Editor of this guide
RCN Library and Museum
Upcoming events relating to this subject guide
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03 Dec 2024
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Pregnancy loss seminar
The RCN Fertility Nursing Forum will hold their final online seminar of 2024 featuring Oonagh Pickering, Lead Research Nurse at Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research, who led ground-breaking research into the causes and treatments of baby loss and complications to save babies' lives. The session will be chaired by Buki Fatuga, RCN Fertility Nursing Forum committee member.
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