Dr. Ritchie, author of Women at War, discusses the many health issues faced by women in the military. Dr. Ritchie emphasizes the struggles that mothers in the military may encounter through a conversation about menstruation, pregnancy, breast feeding, and contraceptives. http://global.oup.com/academic/produc...
COL (ret) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH is Professor of Psychiatry at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
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