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The social sciences as discourse in reproductive health. The example of female climacteric

Climacteric is constructed by medicine, lay knowledge, and the social sciences. This article examines the interrational models involving these different discourses and proposes that the contribution of the social sciences lies in a reformulation of the cognitive base of the health professions at an integrative level.

Social Sciences; Medicine; Reproductive Health; Climacteric


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