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<p> As baby boomers move into the menopause, they increasingly question medical advice for hormone therapy. Fears of breast cancer, dislike of vaginal withdrawal bleeding, and conflicting information about midlife health risks leave many women in a quandary. This guide provides a view of menopause from a multidisciplinary perspective that should help to demystify the process for many women. A range of experts from epidemiology, psychiatry, endocrinology, physiology, sociology, gynecology, naturopathy, and journalism present multifaceted opinions about menopause and hormone therapy.... This book is written in a clear, concise, easily understandable fashion that will appeal to educated women who want to understand more about the physiology, psychology, and sociology, as well as the medical aspects, of the climacteric. As an advocate of informed medical decision making by women, I strongly endorse books such as this one, which facilitates women's increasing role in their health care. --

This volume joins an expanding list of titles and provides useful, readable, and authoritative information about a range of health concerns that affect the perimenopausal and postmenopausal woman... This is an important, interesting collection of essays that can be safely recommended to consumers and mental health professionals who want to educate themselves about the most crucial aspects of menopause, hormone replacement therapies, and alternative treatments. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

This volume joins an expanding list of titles and provides useful, readable, and authoritative information about a range of health concerns that affect the perimenopausal and postmenopausal woman... This is an important, interesting collection of essays that can be safely recommended to consumers and mental health professionals who want to educate themselves about the most crucial aspects of menopause, hormone replacement therapies, and alternative treatments. - Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, Winter 2001

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Lorraine Dennerstein is Director of the Office for Gender and Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Julia Shelley is affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

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