The Doctors' Case Against the Pill
- ISBN-10
- 0385145756
- ISBN-13
- 9780385145756
- Category
- Health & Fitness / Sexuality
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- Barbara Seaman
Description
Considered the definitive statement on modern birth-control technologies, this Anniversary Edition includes new, up-to-date chapters on the dangers of Norplant and the risks women on the Pill face today. Because it tells the truth about the Pill, this book provides women with the information they need to make good choices for their own body.
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