Medical Decisions, Estrogen and Aging

The decision-making process that underlies ovarian hormone therapy (HT) is a fallible one. The question is whether or not physicians should prescribe HT to menopausal women, who are at a time in their lives when they are factoring various concerns into their decision to take (or not take) HT. Not on...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schulkin, Jay (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Aging.
Quality of life.
Medical education.
Medicine-Philosophy.
Biomedical Research.
Ageing.
Quality of Life Research.
Medical Education.
Philosophy of Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hormone Therapy: Biological, Social, and Medical Context
  • Demythologized Human Decision-Making
  • Autonomic Regulation, Heart, and Strokes
  • Bad News-Good News: Cancers and Bone
  • Brain, Mood, and Cognition
  • Physicians' and Women's Responses to HT Findings: Implications for Continuous Learning and Self-Corrective Inquiry for Physicians.

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