Cultural significance and physiological manifestations of menopause a biocultural analysis
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
- Vol. 10 (1) , 47-71
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00053262
Abstract
The perception and experiences of menopause vary cross-culturally. However, the lack of physiological symptoms such as hot flashes, in some cultures, calls for more explanations beyond social and cultural factors alone. Like other developmental events, menopause is a biocultural experience. Therefore, research on menopause should consider biocultural factors such as environment, diet, fertility patterns and genetic differences that may be involved in the variations of menopausal experience.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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