Linda C AndristDr. Andrist is Associate Professor in the Graduate Nursing Program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She coordinates the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner specialty. She has taught Direct Entry Master's students for over 20 years and the corse on which this book is based for 8 years. Her doctorate is from Brandeis University, Master's from Russell Sage College, BSN from the University of Maryland, and RN diploma from Johns Hopkins. Her theoretical publications are on the relationship between women's health and feminism. In addition to her academic appointment, she practices as a women's health nurse practitioner in a reproductive health clinic in Boston. Read More Read Less