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The Menopause Industry: How the Medical Establishment Exploits Women / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0897931602
ISBN-13:: 9780897931601
Pub. Date:: 08/03/1994
Publisher:: Turner Publishing Company

ISBN-10:: 0897931602
ISBN-13:: 9780897931601
Pub. Date:: 08/03/1994
Publisher:: Turner Publishing Company

The Menopause Industry: How the Medical Establishment Exploits Women / Edition 1

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Veteran health investigator Sandra Coney presents compelling evidence that how we perceive menopause is shaped and, in large measure, distorted by those who have transformed this natural process into a wildly lucrative enterprise. Coney examines the true motivations behind the medical industry's highly publicized depiction of the hardships of menopause. National TV and radio tour.

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ISBN-13:	9780897931601
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/03/1994
Edition description:	1st U.S. ed
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

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``The justification for interfering in well people's lives must be firmly established before it is acted upon,'' Coney states in her exploration of one of the hot topics of the '90s. With baby boomers reaching menopause, the author contends that modern medicine sees this as another area of life to be managed by an establishment steeped in negative stereotypes of menopausal women. Menopause, she says, is a natural part of life, not an illness, and it doesn't necessarily require medical intervention. A New Zealander involved in women's health issues for many years, Coney (Hysterectomy) examines menopause, osteoporosis, hormone replacement therapy and cervical and breast cancer screening programs, charting ``medicine's discovery of the midlife woman.'' She shows that some medical interventions have been widely promoted before ``the risks and drawbacks have been fully resolved''-a strategy she calls into question. This is a serious examination of many of the important health issues faced by midlife women, not a pop guide to getting through. Quotes from medical literature and from her many interviews illustrate and personalize her thesis. Photos. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Originally published in New Zealand, this book offers a unique view of menopause. Unlike Germaine Greer's The Pause (LJ 9/15/92), which addresses the broad social issues, and Eileen Nechas and Denise Foley's Unequal Treatment: What You Don't Know About How Women Are Mistreated by the Medical Community (LJ 4/1/94), which discusses the general medical neglect of women, Coney focuses on the way physicians and pharmaceutical manufacturers have changed menopause from a natural life transition into a disease requiring treatment. By labeling midlife women as estrogen-deficient, these professionals can intervene to prevent the consequences, necessitating medical visits, tests, and hormone therapy. The author notes that most women experience no difficulty with menopause and that the risks of osteoporosis and heart disease are exaggerated while those of long-term hormone replacement are understated. Illustrations from drug advertisements support her thesis. A fascinating book; highly recommended for all collections.-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., Cal.

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