title: [The social sciences as discourse in reproductive health. The example of female climacteric]
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Psiquiátrica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Av. La Paz 1003, Casilla 70010, Santiago, Chile. flolas@abello.dic.uchile.cl
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Stepke
vernacular_title: Las ciencias sociales como discurso de la salud reproductiva. El ejemplo del climaterio femenino