The Menopause Industry: A Guide to Medicine's 'discovery' of the Mid-life Woman
- ISBN-10
- 1875559140
- ISBN-13
- 9781875559145
- Category
- Aging
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press
- Author
- Sandra Coney
Description
This work challenges the stereotypes of women at mid-life and questions the pressures which the new preventative medicine is creating. It examines the benefits and risks of interventions such as hormone replacement therapy, mammography, and cervical screening.
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Other editions
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- 1994
- 404 pages
- Paperback
- Hunter House
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