skip to content
Our bodies, ourselves : menopause
ClosePreview this item

Our bodies, ourselves : menopause

Author: Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
"For decades, millions of women have relied on Our Bodies, Ourselves to provide the most comprehensive, honest, and accurate information on women's health. Now, in Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause, the editors of the classic guide discuss the transition of menopause. With a preface by Vivian Pinn, M.D., the director of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health, Our Bodies,  Read more...
Rating:

(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Genre/Form: Popular works
Popular Works
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
ISBN: 0743274873 9780743274876
OCLC Number: 70046046
Description: xi, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface / Vivian W. Pinn --
Introduction --
Approaching menopause --
1. Understanding our menopause experiences --
2. Making health care decisions --
A transition and its challenges --
3. What's happening in our bodies --
4. Sudden and early menopause --
5. Hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep disturbances --
6. Vulvovaginal changes --
7. Hormone treatment --
Changing selves, changing relationships --
8. Body image --
9. Sexuality --
10. Family life and the workplace --
Taking care of ourselves --
11. Emotional well-being and managing stress --
12. Eating well --
13. Staying active --
Health concerns --
14. Uterine and bladder health --
15. Memory and mood --
16. Bone health --
17. Heart health --
18. Cancers --
19. Other health concerns --
Knowledge is power --
20. The politics of women's health --
21. Finding our power, organizing for change --
Resources --
Authorship and acknowledgments --
About the contributors --
Disclosures --
Index.
Responsibility: the Boston Women's Health Book Collective ; with a preface by Vivian Pinn.
More information:

Abstract:

Hailed as the "bible on health care for women', Our Bodies, Ourselves now extends its trusted brand with a new book focused entirely on menopause.  Read more...

Reviews

Editorial reviews

Publisher Synopsis

"Who's afraid of menopause? Not the authors of this book, who offer practical health information and the wisdom of experience to help other women through this life transition."

-- Kathleen Turner, Read more...

 
User-contributed reviews
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.
Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.

Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.